| Food category (FoodEx Level 1) | Number of data before applying cut‐off | LC % | Mean occurrence values before application of cut‐offs (μg/kg) | Cut‐off applied on LOQ (μg/kg) | Number of data excluded | Number samples after applying cut‐off | Mean occurrence values after application of cut‐offs (μg/kg) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LB | UB | LB | UB | ||||||
| T‐2 toxin | |||||||||
| Grains and grain‐based products | 9,306 | 91 | 2.17 | 12.3 | 10 | 2,180 | 7,126 | 2.46 | 6.02 |
| Vegetables and vegetable products | 120 | 100 | 0.00 | 60.2 | 78 | 42 | 0.00 | 3.19 | |
| Starchy roots and tubers | 7 | 100 | 0.00 | 30.7 | 2 | 5 | 0.00 | 3.00 | |
| Legumes, nuts and oilseeds | 1,031 | 99.5 | 0.11 | 53.9 | 922 | 109 | 1.01 | 3.45 | |
| Fruit and fruit products | 513 | 100 | 0.00 | 47.7 | 481 | 32 | 0.00 | 3.00 | |
| Meat and meat products (including edible offal) | 5 | 40 | 2.55 | 12.8 | 1 | 4 | 3.18 | 3.43 | |
| Sugar and confectionary | 39 | 100 | 0.00 | 32.2 | 29 | 10 | 0.00 | 3.00 | |
| Animal and vegetable fats and oils | 84 | 86 | 0.31 | 23.8 | 39 | 45 | 0.58 | 1.03 | |
| Fruit and vegetable juices | 74 | 100 | 0.00 | 77.0 | 74 | 0 | – | – | |
| Non‐alcoholic beverages | 2 | 100 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 5.00 | |
| Alcoholic beverages | 829 | 99.6 | 0.03 | 26.0 | 225 | 604 | 0.05 | 1.74 | |
| Herbs, spices and condiments | 41 | 100 | 0.00 | 38.8 | 28 | 13 | 0.00 | 3.00 | |
| Food for infants and small children | 528 | 97 | 0.14 | 4.96 | 80 | 448 | 0.11 | 3.09 | |
| Products for special nutritional use | 26 | 73 | 127 | 132 | 1 | 25 | 133 | 135 | |
| Composite food | 3 | 100 | 0.00 | 4.33 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 4.33 | |
| Snacks, desserts, and other foods | 82 | 88 | 1.89 | 18.7 | 48 | 34 | 4.56 | 8.37 | |
| HT‐2 toxin | |||||||||
| Grains and grain‐based products | 9,224 | 87 | 4.44 | 16.7 | 10 | 3,513 | 5,711 | 5.67 | 9.55 |
| Vegetables and vegetable products (including fungi) | 120 | 100 | 0.00 | 63.5 | 116 | 4 | 0.00 | 4.67 | |
| Starchy roots and tubers | 7 | 100 | 0.00 | 35.7 | 7 | 0 | – | – | |
| Legumes, nuts and oilseeds | 1,034 | 99.9 | 0.09 | 85.8 | 1,003 | 31 | 0.00 | 2.72 | |
| Fruit and fruit products | 513 | 100 | 0.00 | 91.6 | 513 | 0 | – | – | |
| Meat and meat products | 5 | 20 | 3.14 | 23.1 | 1 | 4 | 3.93 | 3.93 | |
| Sugar and confectionary | 21 | 100 | 0.00 | 11.2 | 21 | 0 | – | – | |
| Animal and vegetable fats and oils | 84 | 100 | 0.00 | 47.1 | 39 | 45 | 0.00 | 1.24 | |
| Fruit and vegetable juices | 74 | 100 | 0.00 | 100 | 74 | 0 | – | – | |
| Non‐alcoholic beverages | 2 | 100 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 5.00 | |
| Alcoholic beverages | 829 | 99 | 0.04 | 26.2 | 225 | 604 | 0.06 | 2.07 | |
| Herbs, spices and condiments | 41 | 98 | 0.49 | 72.0 | 41 | 0 | – | – | |
| Food for infants and small children | 528 | 96 | 0.75 | 6.04 | 91 | 437 | 0.48 | 3.70 | |
| Products for special nutritional use | 19 | 63 | 139 | 155 | 9 | 10 | 264 | 265 | |
| Composite food | 3 | 100 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 5.00 | |
| Snacks, desserts, and other foods | 77 | 90 | 1.56 | 21.1 | 50 | 27 | 4.45 | 9.76 | |
| Sum of T‐2 and HT‐2 toxins | |||||||||
| Grains and grain‐based products | 5,795 | 87 | 8.35 | 19.02 | 20 | 2,307 | 3,488 | 9.12 | 14.9 |
| Vegetables and vegetable products (including fungi) | 40 | 100 | 0.00 | 5.50 | 1 | 39 | 0.00 | 5.18 | |
| Starchy roots and tubers | 5 | 100 | 0.00 | 5.80 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 5.80 | |
| Legumes, nuts and oilseeds | 108 | 95 | 1.86 | 7.02 | 4 | 104 | 1.93 | 5.94 | |
| Fruit and fruit products | 33 | 100 | 0.00 | 8.15 | 0 | 33 | 0.00 | 8.15 | |
| Meat and meat products (including edible offal) | 4 | 0.0 | 7.11 | 7.11 | 0 | 4 | 7.11 | 7.11 | |
| Sugar and confectionary | 11 | 100 | 0.00 | 8.31 | 1 | 10 | 0.00 | 7.20 | |
| Animal and vegetable fats and oils | 44 | 73 | 0.64 | 0.88 | 0 | 44 | 0.64 | 0.88 | |
| Alcoholic beverages | 101 | 100 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0 | 101 | 0.00 | 3.16 | |
| Herbs, spices and condiments | 18 | 83 | 9.76 | 20.2 | 4 | 14 | 1.43 | 11.3 | |
| Food for infants and small children | 327 | 94 | 1.43 | 9.36 | 73 | 254 | 0.65 | 4.63 | |
| Products for special nutritional use | 20 | 70 | 295 | 306 | 2 | 18 | 328 | 333 | |
| Composite food (including frozen products) | 1 | 100 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 1 | 0 | – | – | |
| Snacks, desserts, and other foods | 25 | 88 | 4.74 | 20.3 | 13 | 12 | 0.00 | 13.5 | |
LB: lower bound; LC: left‐censored; LOQ: limit of quantification; UB: upper bound.