date:May 28, 2013
nverifiable origin. Since rice is not grown in Canada, rice products listed as domestic were manufactured or processed in Canada using imported ingredients.
The 2010-2011 study results showed that 154 (55%) did not contain a detectable level of cadmium. However, the remaining 126 samples contained detectable cadmium levels ranging from 0.0054 to 0.0505 parts per million (ppm) in rice grains and 0.0026 to 0.2646 ppm in rice-based products.
CFIA noted that this result is not unexpected as cadmiu