Proposition 65 in California, requires businesses to provide "clear and reasonable" warnings when their food being served contains any possible ingredients that cause health concerns. Currently the state is taking around 10 fast food chains to court to force them to comply with this law in a more conspicious manner than is being done at the moment.
Kentucky Fried Chicken has made a move on its own and will tell customers in print "Cooked potatoes that have been browned, such as French fries, baked potatoes and potato chips, contain acrylamide, a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer…. It is created in fried and baked potatoes made by all restaurants, by other companies, and even when you bake or fry potatoes at home."
More on this as it comes down.
For those who are confused about what acrylamide is, it is a chemical commonly used in grout that was discovered in foodstuffs, particularly starchy foods that are heated, in Sweden in 2002. In 2005, the WHO labeled acrylamide as "probably carcinogenic to humans". Levels of acrylamide in various foods can be found at www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/acrylamideintakefdaappendix.pdf.
ReplyDeleteLynne Eldridge M.D.
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