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. 2017 Aug 14;15(8):e04972. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4972

Table 3.

Summary statistics of the levels of the individual T2, HT2 and the sum of the T2 and HT2 in unprocessed grains

Commodity N %LC Concentration range (LB – UB) (μg/kg)
Mean Median P75 P95a
T‐2 toxin
Grains as crops, unspecified 1 100 0.00–19.0 0–19.0 0–19.0
Wheat grain crop 85 98 0.32–19.8 0–25.0 0–25.0 0–25.0
Barley grain (Crop) 63 98 0.70–80.8 0–100 0–100 0–100
Corn grain (Crop) 17 76 8.92–20.3 0–6.40 0–24.6
Rye grain (Crop) 17 100 0.00–91.2 0–100 0–100
Spelt grain (Crop) 3 100 0.00–2.00 0–2.00 0–2.00
Buckwheat grain (Crop) 4 100 0.00–87.5 0–100 0–100
Millet grain (Crop) 2 100 0.00–75.0 0–75.0 0–100
Oats, grain (Crop) 91 87 1.52–33.7 0–50.0 0–50.0 10.4–150
Rice (Crop) 191 100 0.00–93.2 0–100 0–100 0–100
HT‐2 toxin
Grains as crops, unspecified 1 100 0.00–47.5 0–47.5 0–47.5
Wheat grain crop 68 99.5 0.13–20.2 0–25.0 0–25.0 0–25.0
Barley grain (Crop) 61 98 0.89–95.6 0–100 0–100 0–100
Corn grain (Crop) 7 100 0.00–8.29 0–7.60 0–10.0
Rye grain (Crop) 17 100 0.00–100 0–100 0–100
Spelt grain (Crop) 3 100 0.00–0.00 0.00–0.00 0.00–0.00
Buckwheat grain (Crop) 4 100 0.00–100 0–100 0–100
Millet grain (Crop) 2 100 0.00–100 0–100 0–100
Oats, grain (Crop) 91 74 11.1–65.4 0–70.0 2.8–100 90–250
Rice (Crop) 191 100 0.00–100 0–100 0–100 0–100
Sum of T‐2 and HT‐2 toxins
Grains as crops, unspecified 1 100 0.00–19.0 0–19.0 0–19.0
Wheat grain crop 150 98 1.32–35.8 0–50.0 0–50.0 0–50.0
Barley grain (Crop) 14 100 0.00–113 0–22.8 0–75.0
Corn grain (Crop) 14 64 40.3–52.5 0–25.0 35.0–35.0
Spelt grain (Crop) 3 100 0.00–0.00 0.00–0.00 0.00–0.00
Oats, grain (Crop) 49 90 13.4–109 0–75.0 0–75.0

N: number of analytical results; LC: left‐censored data; P75: 75th percentile; P95: 95th percentile; LB: lower bound; UB: upper bound.

a

The 95th percentiles obtained on occurrence data with fewer than 60 analytical results may not be statistically robust (EFSA, 2011b) and is therefore not reported in the table.