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EU Drops Law to Limit Cancer-Linked Chemical in Food After Industry Complaint

  • October 27, 2016

Leaked documents show that industry complaints influenced the European Union (EU) to drop its plan to place limits on acrylamide, a product of processed foods that is linked to cancer, The Guardian reports. Acrylamide is found in fried, roasted and some oven-baked foods such as potato chips, breakfast foods, baby biscuits and instant coffee. The food industry has fought regulation of acrylamide and warnings on it for years, even though animal studies have shown that exposure to acrylamide...