UK rice millers are committed to providing safe, high quality food; and undertake systematic controls and a rigorous set of testing when importing and milling rice.  This includes, but is not limited to, testing at the point of: origin; purchase; import; delivery; during manufacturing; and before it goes out to consumers.

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There is no evidence of any rice entering the UK being contaminated with plastic.

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Some social media videos show ‘plastic rice’ being compressed into a hard, bouncy ball.  When heated, the natural components of rice - carbohydrates (starch) and proteins (specific amino acids) can react in this way.  It does not suggest the presence of plastics or other foreign material.