64th JECFA meeting

Now available: The Summary report of the 64th JECFA meeting

FAO/WHO Seminar on Acrylamide in Food, Tanzania 2003

Presentations are now on-line and can be viewed here.

Acrylamide Infonet now online

Acrylamide Infonet, the WHO/FAO Acrylamide in Food Network was established as a result of the June 2002 FAO/WHO Consultation on the Health Implications of Acrylamide in Food. The consultation recommended that an international network on acrylamide in food should be established inviting all interested parties to share relevant data as well as ongoing investigations.

• Announcement: Acrylamide Infonet now online!

• Access to the network's platform at www.acrylamide-food.org

FAO/WHO Consultation on Acrylamide

The FAO/WHO Consultation on the Health Implications of Acrylamide in Food (Geneva, 25 - 27 June 2002) recommended that JECFA shall evaluate at a forthcoming meeting this contaminant which was discovered recently in various food items that had been prepared at higher temperatures.

• Summary Report of this consultation.

• Final report.

Links

• Acrylamide Infonet

• Acrylamide in Food Workshop: Scientific Issues, Uncertainties, and Research Strategies, Chicago, October 28-30, 2002

• WHO Food Safety Page on Acrylamide

• 11 September 2002: Health Canada reports first findings on the possible mechanism of formation of acrylamide in foods.