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A C RYLAMIDE IN FOOD:
IS IT A REAL THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH?
A Position Paper of the American Council on Science and Health
by
Joseph D. Rosen, Ph.D.
Department of Food Science
Rutgers University
New Brunswick NJ 08901-8520
december 2002
http://www.oehha.org/prop65/pdf/C-13ACSHattach.pdf
German scientists found acrylamide in all 24 brands of ground coffee and 7 brands of espresso that they analyzed.
64 A list compiled by Dr. Detlef Muller65 for the Conseil des Industries Agro-Alimentaires, a group combing
all national and food associations in the European Union, included 13-162 μg/kg acrylamide in wheat bread;
196 μg/kg in baked pretzels; 30-2400 μg/kg in rye crisps; 50-79 μg/kg in English muffins; 207 μg/kg in oat cere -
al; 110-247 μg/kg in rice cereal; 183 μg/kg in boiled rice; 199 μg/kg in baked potato; 55-143 μg/kg in baked
asparagus; 30 μg/kg in roasted peanuts; 30-39 μg/kg in fried fish. Contrary to perceptions from the reports of
last April, fried meats are not immune: 64 μg/kg in (presumably Swedish) meatballs, 10-51 μg/kg in hambur ger,
16-42 μg/kg in chicken patties, 53 μg/kg in pork patties. The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health 66 reported
finding as much as 2300 μg/kg acrylamide in muesli, as much as 150 μg/kg in cornflakes, 40-120 μg/kg in
baby cereal, 200-310 μg/kg in coffee, 670-700 μg/kg in chicory coffee, 70-2000 μg/kg in diet biscuits, 120-200
μg/kg in cocoa powder, 50 μg/kg in lightly toasted bread, 100-380 μg/kg in darkly toasted bread, 30-110 μg/kg
in fruit tarts, 70-190 in caramel μg/kg, 30 mg/kg in pizza. The one tested sample of pasteurized milk contained
about 7.5 μg acrylamide per liter (about 2 μg in an 8 ounce glass), 10 times more than the EPA or the WHO
allows in a glass of water.
It is by now quite obvious that French fries and potato chips are not the only foods in which acrylamide is formed
and that the original media reports singling out these foods were premature.
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What we really should worry about is how the media report rodent bioassay results and cancer risk calculations unfettered by any explanation as to how these conclusions are arrived at. These periodic episodes lead to unnecessary anxiety about what is safe or unsafe to eat and absurd laws such as Californias Proposition 65 while at
the same time diverting us from real diet and nutrition-related risks, such as not eating enough fruits and vegetables.
Goed, dat was de situatie in 2002.