Table 1.

Guidelines for arsenic concentration and arsenic dietary exposure.

Year of Implementation	Name	Concentration	Jurisdiction	Reference
As Concentration in Food (mg kg−1)
2017	Permissible limit of tAs in rice and rice cereal	1.0	Australia	[24]
2012	Proposed maximum levels for tAs in rice	0.3	FAO/WHO	[25]
2014	Maximum levels for iAs in rice	0.2	FAO/WHO	[26]
2016	Maximum levels of iAs in food for infants and young children	0.1	EU	[22]
As Dietary Exposure (μg kg−1 b. wt.)
1967	Maximum tolerable daily intake (MTDI) for tAs	50	FAO/WHO (Withdrawn)	[27]
2010	Benchmark dose lower confidence of 0.5% (BMDL0.5)	3	FAO/WHO	[28]
2009	Benchmark dose lower confidence of 1% (BMDL01)	0.3–8.0	EU	[12]