Based on a recent risk assessment conducted by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European consumers’ dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic is a health concern. The findings of the latest risk assessment reaffirm the outcome of EFSA’s previous risk assessment of inorganic arsenic in foods, which was conducted in 2009.
Also in response to a request by the European Commission, EFSA is currently assessing the potential risks linked with exposure to organic arsenic in food. Once this risk assessment is completed, the possible risks of combined exposure to organic and inorganic arsenic in food will be assessed. These assessments will be finalized by early 2025.