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FDA report on acrylamide in food



FDA just came out with their preliminary findings on acrylamide in food.
I have included a few select values from their report below. The
drinking water standard for acrylamide in drinking water is .5 ppb the
FDA found foods with values several thousand times greater than the safe
intake.
The FDA sample foods were mainly brand products , a few were designated
"natural" but none were designated certified organic.
FDA failed to mention that polyacrylamide is used on commercial
vegetable washing and will adhere to the produce, it is used in
pesticide formulations and in soil treatment in irrigation and as
hydrogel pellets in gardening. There is one report showing that some
acrylamide is released  from polyacrylamide during cooking.
Finally, I would appreciate someone checking the brands in the FDA
report to see whether or not they recognize any brand that is certified
organic.

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/acrydata.html
At a public meeting held on September 30, 2002, FDA discussed
preliminary findings on acrylamide in a select group of food products to
illustrate initial conclusions concerning variability that can be drawn
from the early stages in the exploratory survey. Since the public
meeting, FDA has continued to study acrylamide in a wide variety of
foods, including breads, cereals, and snack foods in an effort to
understand the occurrence of this chemical in the U.S. food supply. FDA
will continue to investigate how acrylamide is formed in food, seek to
identify ways to reduce acrylamide levels, and study the human health
risk of consuming acrylamide in foods. FDA is collaborating with other
federal public health agencies, international partners, academia,
consumers, and the food-processing industry to coordinate efforts
related to acrylamide in foods.
Some examples from the data base:reported in ppb
Hershey's Cocoa 909
Route 11 Sweet Potato Chips 2762
Baked! Lay's Original Naturally Baked Potato Crisps 1096
Kettle Chips Lightly Salted Natural Gourmet Potato Chips 1265
Linden Farms French Fries Shoestring Style (baked) 1036
Popeyes french fries, location 3 1030
McDonald's french fries, location 7 497
KFC french fries, location 2 270
 Burger King french fries, location 3 369

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