EFSA LAUNCHES CYANIDE DRINKS PROBE
October 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Agency (EFSA) is to investigate human health risks caused by the contaminant ethyl carbamate in all alcoholic drinks, focusing particularly on its presence in stone fruit brandies. The chemical can naturally occur during fermentation, but a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) expert committee has concluded ethyl carbamate is "genotoxic and is a multisite carcinogen" in all animals, including humans. As a result, EFSA will also examine health risks ...
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