衛署表示: 我國每年都會執行市售食米重金屬殘留監測計畫
於碾米廠抽驗約160件（146∼200件）
進行重金屬（鎘、鉛、汞）檢驗
檢驗結果均符合行政院衛生署公告之「食米重金屬限量標準」規定
國人無須恐慌
來源: 白米被檢出重金屬 我國加強監測
來源：http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/11/high-levels-of-lead-found-in-imported-rice/
原始新聞∼
Reporting at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, a group of researchers lead by Tsanangurayi Tongesayi, an associate professor of chemistry at Monmouth University in New Jersey announced the results of their analysis of rice from Asia, Europe and South America. The imports, which currently make up about 7% of rice consumed in America, contained higher than acceptable levels of lead.