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The Agency today published the results of a new study looking at the levels of acrylamide, and other chemicals produced as a result of food processing, in a range of UK food products.
As part of an international research programme, the Agency has conducted a survey looking at people's exposure to acrylamide - a potentially harmful chemical found in some foods.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Advisory Forum is considering a request for EFSA to take a lead in the co-ordination of activities on acrylamide in Europe at its meeting on 4 July 2003.
The British Journal of Cancer published a research paper on 28 January 2003 about acrylamide in food and its link with cancer.
A survey by the Food Standards Agency has concluded that it is very unlikely that paper and board packaging is a source of acrylamide, a chemical with the potential to cause cancer, in food.
In his monthly update report to the Food Standards Agency Board, Chief Executive Geoffrey Podger summarised the latest developments regarding acrylamide.
The Food Standards Agency has welcomed international discussions at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva about acrylamide – a potentially cancer causing chemical likely to be formed in a wide range of foods when they are fried or baked.
Research confirming that a potentially cancer-causing chemical is produced by some cooking methods is published today (17 May 2002) by the Food Standards Agency.
Consumers do not need to change their diet in the light of new research claiming that some processed starchy foods have toxic levels of a chemical linked to cancer, the FSA has said.
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