ACRYLAMIDES AND 3MCPDS DISCUSSED AT SCoPAFF MEETING

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ACRYLAMIDES AND 3MCPDS DISCUSSED AT SCoPAFF MEETING

On the 27th February, a SCoPAFF meeting for Novel Food and Toxicological Safety was held.  Amongst other things discussed was the potential for setting regulatory/maximum levels for Acrylamides and 3-MCPDs.

Unfortunately, the food categorisation of the most recent occurrence data versus previous sampling years differed. This meant that the food categories of the two data sets were not directly comparable and therefore suggested new benchmark levels and maximum levels could not be set.

Work is now ongoing to find a solution to this problem to ensure that technical discussions on the suggested new levels can be finalised by autumn 2023.

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