HIGH PROFILE CONTAMINANT IS INCREASING IN EUROPEAN BISCUITS, DESPITE INDUSTRY EFFORTS
May 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SCIENTISTS from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have warned that the amount of the potentially harmful contaminant acrylamide appearing in biscuits is increasing despite industry efforts to reduce its presence.
Figures released this month (May) by EFSA say tests showed the average presence of acrylamide in European Union (EU) biscuits in 2007 was 317 ?g/kg, while between 2003 and 2006 it was 243 ?g/kg. United Nations food health experts have concluded that acrylamide is potentially carcinogenic and genotoxic, and as a result, the EU ...
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