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February 10, 2012

Estiman la exposición al contaminante acrilamida en adolescentes varones españoles

Investigadores del grupo de Calidad, Seguridad y Bioactividad de Alimentos Procesados Térmicamente (Biomaillard) del ICTAN-CSIC en colaboración con la Estación Experimental de Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC) y la Universidad de Granada han estimado la exposición al ...

September 12, 2010

Zeracryl applies lactic acid bacteria to reduce acrylamide in food

Zeracryl, a small research-based Norwegian company has developed a method to reduce the formation of the carcinogenic compound acrylamide during industrial production of potatoes and coffee. International food giants are paying attention.

June 10, 2010

DSM Food Specialties awarded for PreventASe acrylamide mitigation enzyme

DSM Food Specialties has won the 2010 Frost &Sullivan award for Product Differentiation Excellence with its unique solution for acrylamide mitigation – PreventASe. An enzyme preparation, PreventASe is recognized the best-in-class to mitigate the fo...

May 18, 2010

EFSA: Acrylamide levels in 2008 published

EFSA has published a summary of acrylamide levels in different types of food sampled in 2008. The report is based on over 3,400 results provided by 22 European Union Member States and Norway. The highest average levels of acrylamide were reported in t...

February 24, 2010

Gentse onderzoekers proberen acrylamide in friet te verminderen

Onderzoekers van de vakgroep Voedselveiligheid en Voedselkwaliteit van de UGent hebben innovatieve technieken ontwikkeld om het acrylamidegehalte in frietjes te verminderen. Acrylamide is een vermoedelijk kankerverwekkende stof die in meerdere voedings...

June 16, 2009

FSAI publishes toxicological facts sheets, including Acrylamide in Food

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) recently published a range of toxicological fact sheets. These factsheets aim to give a concise overview on topics such as Dioxins and PCBs, Acrylamide, Aspartame, Mercury, Lead, Cadmium, Tin and Arsenic, Myc...

May 13, 2009

EFSA finds lower acrylamide content in Potato chips

Commission Recommendation 2007/331/EC on the monitoring of acrylamide levels in food of 3 May 2007 requires the Member States to perform annually in 2007, 2008 and 2009 the monitoring of acrylamide levels in certain foodstuffs. These data have to be t...

May 07, 2009

Acrylamide has no link to brain cancer: study

Dietary intakes of acrylamide are not related to increased risks of brain cancer, says a new study from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.Acrylamide intake, at levels commonly consumed in the Dutch diet, had no impact on the risk of brain cancer...

May 01, 2009

Acrylamide in food does not increase lung cancer risk

Consumption of foods containing acrylamide does not increase the risk of lung cancer in men, and in women, it may actually reduce the risk. In a related editorial, Dr. Lorelei A. Mucci and Dr. Hans-Olov Adami, from Harvard School of Public Health, Bo...

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April 07, 2009

Thermo Fisher offers asparagine analysis

Snack makers on the alert for acrylamide formation in their baked products have a new tool at their disposal to rapidly analyse asparagine levels. Thermo Fisher Scientific claims its automated photometric method is a "simple and effective&quo...

March 16, 2009

Acrylamide not linked to endometrial cancer

Seven years ago, alarms were sounded that acrylamide, a compound found in foods heated at high temperatures, could cause cancer. However, studies have not uncovered links to colon cancer or breast cancer, and now comes word from a Swedish study indicat...

February 13, 2009

Additional Evidence That Potato Chips Should Be Eaten Only In Moderation

A new study published in the March 2009 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition by Marek Naruszewicz and colleagues from Poland suggests that acrylamide from foods may increase the risk of heart disease. Acrylamide has been linked previously to nervous ...

September 11, 2008

FSA publishes Process contaminants Survey in Retail products 2007

The British Food Standard Agency published a Food Surveillance Information Sheet on process contaminants in retail products in 2007This Food Surveillance Information Sheet (FSIS) contains the results from the first year of a three-year rolling program...

July 07, 2008

Nederlandse overheid zet in op acrylamide en Salmonella

De Nederlandse overheid wil inzetten op bestrijding van Salmonella, Campylobacter, acrylamide en mycotoxinen. Dat staat in de Voedingsnota die de ministers Klink van VWS en Verburg van LNV vrijdag hebben aangeboden. In de Voedingsnota staat dat Nederla...

June 02, 2008

EFSA Acrylamide risk opinion remains unchanged

Efforts to reduce acrylamide remain a priority as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concludes risk assessments regarding the carcinogen will stay the same. EFSA organised a scientific colloquium in Italy last month, to debate how the current po...

May 05, 2008

EU, Ukraine take action against contaminated sunflower oil

All necessary measures have been taken to remove the contaminated Ukrainian sunflower oil imported into Europe in recent weeks from the market, says the European Commission. Most of the oil, which was contaminated with a lubricant mineral, has been d...

January 18, 2008

Petrol-Contaminated Potatoes Provoke Nationwide Products Recall in Denmark

Danish Crown's subsidiary Tulip Food Company has had to recall a number of products from its frozen meal range due to some risk that the potatoes contained within them may have been contaminated with petrol, local media report. The potatoes used by Tu...

January 10, 2008

Study suggests link between acrylamide in food and breast cancer

Acrylamide in food could increase the risk of developing breast cancer, according to new, EU-funded research published in the International Journal of Cancer. Acrylamide is a small molecule found in certain processed foods. 'Animal tests have shown acr...

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