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chemical contaminant

Acrylamide is a chemical contaminant (2,3-Propenamide) is the acrylic acid amide.
We met in April 2002 when the Swedish National Food Authority has issued a warning about the presence of high concentrations of acrylamide in potato products cooked at high temperatures.
fact seems to be produced during cooking at high temperatures (oven, frying perhaps grilled), probably seen the process of formation of acrylamide intake by humans is a long time.
From some experiments it was observed that the reactions leading to the formation of acrylamide are triggered by the presence of high protein content of asparagine and starch, and heat.
It was found that in fact contribute to the formation numerosi parametri come:
à alte TEMPERATURA di cottura e lungo TEMPO di cottura
à NATURA DELL’OLIO DI FRITTURA, probabilmente l’oli insaturi aumenta la possibilità d’innesco della reazione. Ecc.
Si ricorda che le patate contengono molta asparagina (3-4 g/Kg tq).,
Alcuni studi fatti su animali hanno classificato tale contaminante come “ probabile cancerogeno ” Gruppo 2A dallo IARC (Agenzia Internazionale Ricerca Cancro) e forte agente NEUROTOSSICO , c’è mda dire che in molti casi la presenza di acrilammide negli alimenti non puó essere prevenuta.
La potenziale cancerogenicità è stata dimostrata con studi a lungo termine on rats, but epidemiological studies are being able to clarify the extent of human risk taking.

Monitoring of the levels of acrylamide in foods [Official Journal L 123, 12.5.2007].

The Commission recommends that Member States carry out monitoring in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 the presence of acrylamide in food every year to inform the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA ) regarding the results obtained . In performing such analysis, they must take account of specific aspects of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 (Annex III, paragraphs 1 and 2) and Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 (Annex B). Acrylamide is a potentially carcinogenic chemical found in certain foods, resulting from a number of ways cottura.La European Commission together with the European Food Safety Authority has established a basis research data on acrylamide in food (EN ). This indicates that the risk is that contaminant to public health and aims to give the tools to reduce the acrylamide content in the product information alimentari.Altre ( EN) are available on the website of the Directorate General for Health and Protection of consumers. "

Sources: Science News, Chemsociety

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palm oil due to deforestation of Indonesia ...

RSPO - Palm Oil
COOP A few years ago, had tried and had declared war on oil palm accused on two fronts:
1. Harmful to health due to the high saturated fat content
2. Because of advancing deforestation of Indonesia to make way for palm oil plantations.
After a few years back here address the issue of palm oil in food always for the same reasons. Now the alarm is launched by the supermarket chains, particularly the Swiss, French and English and it seems determined to go all the way to the issue.
About the problems on human health is the only solution is to eliminate palm oil from the list of ingredients (which is very difficult for some foods), but on the ecological problem in Indonesia is the only solution seems to be to sourcing sustainable palm oil (RSPO).

RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) has defined the criteria that identify four models of provision for the promotion of sustainable palm oil product according to criteria (RSPO palm):
1. Identity Preserved or full guarantee of sustainable product with full traceability from plant to finished product,
2. Segregation or guarantee for product development,
3. MASS BALANCE or partial guarantee of sustainable product, mixed with a certain percentage of products not sustainable
4. BOOK & CLAIM as a mechanism of sponsorship, through which each link in the supply prior to the final consumer of the finished product, you can buy and resell the certificates representing the crude product RSPO, which has no constraint on the use of that product!!


order to use the certificates you need some requirements, eg. to join the association Greenpalm ( http://www.greenpalm.org/ ).
The certificates represent about one tonne (940Kg) of crude palm RSPO, and / or refined and / or its fractions. The cost is currently about 15usd/ton

is obvious that for the first three strategies, the costs are necessarily higher than those identified in the "BOOK & claim" (paragraph 4). In fact, the purchases must be programmed for time and for quantities in excess of that necessary, since there (as opposed to point 4) the ability to certify the exact amount of palm oil used

Before we close the topic must be stated, however, that 80% of global palm oil comes from Indonesia and then we can certify that the palm is only 20% of the total and then we wonder just how much sustainable palm oil to meet global demand?
By John Buffatti