Acrylamide Risk Communication

FAO/WHO Acrylamide in Food Network

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	Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	2004 Acrylamide in Food Workshop: Update - Scientific Issues, Uncertainties, and Research Strategies Presentations and other materials from this workshop on acrylamide in foods held April 13-15, 2004 in Chicago, IL. (more) Event Dates: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - Thursday, April 15, 2004 Publication Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2004	Apr 28, 2004
	National Toxicology Program, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Acrylamide Substance profile on acrylamide including information on carcinogenicity, properties, use, production, exposure, and regulations for acrylamide. (more) Publication Year: 2005	Aug 6, 2002
	Air Toxics Website, Technology Transfer Network, Environmental Protection Agency	Acrylamide This fact sheet presents a hazard summary and information on uses, exposure routes, health effects, cancer risk, and physical properties of acrylamide. (more)	Sep 10, 2002
	Rudén, C.	Acrylamide and Cancer Risk - Expert Risk Assessments and the Public Debate This report compares conclusions reached and primary data used for fourteen expert risk assessments on the (more) Publication Month: March 2004	Feb 17, 2004
	Reynolds, Tom	Acrylamide and Cancer: Tunnel Leak in Sweden Prompted Studies Article that discusses the Swedish findings regarding acrylamide in foods and the way the findings were publicized. Publication Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2002	Aug 10, 2004
	Baum, Matthias, et al.	Acrylamide and Glycidamide: Genotoxic Effects in V79-Cells and Human Blood Investigation of mutagenicity of acrylamide and its metabolite glycidamide. Access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Publication Date: Monday, February 7, 2005	Feb 15, 2005
		Acrylamide Cleared of Causing Breast Cancer A 20-year study of 100,000 nurses suggests that their risk of developing breast cancer was the same regardless of the (more) Publication Date: Saturday, August 25, 2007	May 30, 2008
	Konings, E.J.M., et al.	Acrylamide Exposure from Foods of the Dutch Population and an Assessment of the Consequent Risks Report of a three-part study that included analyzing the acrylamide levels in a variety of Dutch foods, estimating (more) Publication Month: November 2003	Aug 15, 2003
	Shaw, Ian; Thomson, Barbara	Acrylamide Food Risk Brief correspondence regarding the risk from acrylamide in chips and potato crisps. Publication Date: Saturday, February 1, 2003	Feb 6, 2003
	Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture	Acrylamide in Christmas Cakes This page presents results of assessment of acrylamide levels in gingerbread, gingerbread-like cakes, and thin almond (more)	Aug 17, 2004
	Sharp, David	Acrylamide in Food Commentary on acrylamide in food. It provides an overview of the situation, and includes references. There is no (more) Publication Date: Saturday, February 1, 2003	Feb 6, 2003
	International Food Safety Authorities Network, World Health Organization	Acrylamide in Food is a Potential Health Hazard Notice regarding JECFA's evaluation of acrylamide and FAO/WHO conclusions and recommendations. Deadline: Thursday, November 10, 2005 Publication Date: Thursday, March 3, 2005	Nov 10, 2005
	Lineback, David R.	Acrylamide in Food Workshop Presentation given at the Food Advisory Committee Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee Meeting on (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2002	Jan 2, 2003
	Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	Acrylamide in Food Workshop: Scientific Issues, Uncertainties, and Research Strategies Proceedings from this meeting held October 28-30 in Chicago, IL, including reports and presentations from each (more) Event Dates: Monday, October 28, 2002 - Wednesday, October 30, 2002 Publication Date: Monday, October 28, 2002	Nov 21, 2002
	Vattem, Dhiraj A.; Shetty, Kalidas	Acrylamide in Food: a Model for Mechanism of Formation and Its Reduction Report on a study of acrylamide formation in fried potato slices. The authors suggest a non-oxidative model for (more) Publication Month: September 2003	Aug 8, 2003
	Rosen, Joseph D.	Acrylamide in Food: Is It a Real Threat to Public Health? "A Position Paper of the American Council on Science and Health." Discusses whether acrylamide is really a threat to (more) Publication Month: December 2002	Feb 12, 2003
	German BgVV (Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine)	Acrylamide in Foods - Serious Problem or Exaggerated Risk? Berlin, Germany: Report from this information seminar on acrylamide in foods. Topics include history and use of (more) Event Date: Thursday, August 29, 2002 Publication Month: August 2002	Aug 19, 2002
	Becalski, Adam, Benjamin P.-Y. Lau, David Lewis, and Stephen W. Seaman	Acrylamide in Foods: Occurrence, Sources, and Modeling Report of a study that analyzed acrylamide levels in Canadian foods and modeled reactions for the formation of (more) Publication Month: January 2003	Feb 12, 2003
	Vainio, Harri	Acrylamide in Heat-Processed Foods - A Carcinogen Looking for Human Cancer? This editorial reviews studies and data on the carcinogenic risk from acrylamide in foods and discusses data gaps and recommendations. (more) Publication Month: December 2003	Feb 10, 2004
	World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	Acrylamide Infonet Website of the WHO/FAO Acrylamide in Food Network, which was established following the FAO/WHO Consultation on the (more)	Nov 25, 2002
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Acrylamide Information Base of Research Activities in the EU Directory of acrylamide activities in the EU. Information about study activities are given for studies in 10 areas: (more)	Mar 5, 2003
	Mucci, Lorelei A., et al.	Acrylamide Intake and Breast Cancer Risk in Swedish Women Research letter on a study of the association between dietary intake of acrylamide and increased risk of breast (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2005	Mar 28, 2005
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Acrylamide Questions and Answers Questions and answers about acrylamide in foods and the FDA's actions regarding acrylamide in foods. Publication Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2003	Apr 2, 2003
	Tareke, E.; Rydberg, P.; Karlsson, P; Eriksson, S; Tornqvist, M.	Acrylamide: A Cooking Carcinogen? Abstract of a study of adduct levels related to acrylamide in rats that were fed a fried animal standard diet. Publication Month: June 2000	Feb 12, 2003
	Slayne, Martin A.; Lineback, David R.	Acrylamide: Considerations for Risk Management Abstract of an article on issues related to the risk management of acrylamide in foods. Publication Month: January 2005	Mar 23, 2005
	Dearfield, K.L.; Abernathy, C.O.; Ottley, M.S.; Brantner, J.H.; Hayes, P.F.	Acrylamide: Its Metabolism, Developmental and Reproductive Effects, Genotoxicity, and Carcinogenicity Abstract of a review on acrylamide's carcinogenic, developmental, reproductive, and genotoxic effects and its (more) Publication Month: January 1988	Mar 12, 2004
	Renn, Ortwin	Acrylamide: Lessons for Risk Management and Communication This article discusses risk management and risk communication of systemic risks such as acrylamide. This article does (more) Publication Month: September 2003	Sep 17, 2004
	Park, Joungjoa, Lisa M. Kamendulis, Marvin A. Friedman, and James E. Klaunig	Acrylamide-Induced Cellular Transformation Abstract from a study of the ability of acrylamide to induce cellular transformation. The results of the study (more) Publication Year: 2002	Aug 28, 2002
	Husoy,T.; Abramsson-Zetterberg, L.; Olstorn, H.B.; Paulsen, J.E.; Alexander, J.	Adenomatous polyposis coli Influences Micronuclei Induction by PhIP and Acrylamide in Mouse Erythrocytes Examination of impact of Apc on production of micronucleated erythrocytes after exposure to acrylamide, glycidamide, (more) Publication Date: Monday, February 7, 2005	Feb 16, 2005
	Belgian Health Council	Advies van de Hoge Gezondheidsraad Betreffende ACRYLAMIDE (In Dutch) Advice from the Belgian Health Council regarding acrylamide. Publication Date: Friday, June 14, 2002	May 8, 2003
	German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment	Aktivitäten von BgVV und BfR im Hinblick auf Acrylamid in Lebensmitteln [in German] This document discusses the actions of the BgVV and BfR with regards to acrylamide in foods, including measures (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2002	Aug 11, 2004
	Leatherhead Food International	Analysis of Acrylamide This page announces Leatherhead Food International's service for acrylamide analysis.	Jul 29, 2003
	Office of the Attorney General, California Department of Justice	Attorney General Lockyer Files Lawsuit to Require Consumer Warning About Cancer-Causing Chemical in Potato Chips and French Fries: Action Against Nine Firms Says Warning on Acrylamide Required by Proposition 65 Release regarding a lawsuit against nine potato chip and french fry manufacturers for violating Proposition 65 (more) Deadline: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, August 26, 2005	Aug 31, 2005
	Belgian Health Council	Avis du Conseil Superieur D'Hygiene Concernant L'Acrylamide (In French) Advice from the Belgian Health Council regarding acrylamide. Publication Date: Friday, June 14, 2002	May 8, 2003
	German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment	Bedeutung der Arbeit von Pelucchi et al für die Risikobewertung von Acrylamid in Lebensmitteln [in German] Critical discussion of the findings published by Pelucchi, et al., Int. J. Cancer 150(2003): 558-560. Publication Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2003	Aug 10, 2004
	German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment	Bedeutung der Studie von Mucci et al. für die Risikobewertung von Acrylamid in Lebensmitteln [in German] Critical discussion of the findings published by Mucci, et al., British J. of Cancer 88(2003): 84-89 in terms of the (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2003	Aug 11, 2004
	Granath, F., et al.	Cancer Risk From Exposure to Occupational Acrylamide Correspondence article and reply regarding cancer risk from occupational exposure to acrylamide, in response to an (more) Publication Month: September 2001	Oct 21, 2003
	Bull, R.J.; Robinson, M.; Stober, J.A.	Carcinogenic Activity of Acrylamide in the Skin and Lung of Swiss-ICR Mice Report of a study on the effects of acrylamide on skin and lung tumor development in mice. Access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Publication Month: September 1984	Sep 3, 2004
	Bull, R.J., et al.	Carcinogenic Effects of Acrylamide in Sencar and A/J Mice Abstract of a study to test the hypothesis that acrylamide should possess carcinogenic properties since it (more) Publication Year: 1984	Aug 28, 2002
	Rice, Jerry M.	The Carcinogenicity of Acrylamide Reviews animal and human studies regarding carcinogenicity of acrylamide through consumption and occupational (more) Publication Date: Monday, February 7, 2005	Feb 8, 2005
	Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency	Chemical Summary for Acrylamide Summary of information on the chemical properties, toxicity, and carcinogenicity of acrylamide. Includes information (more) Publication Month: September 1994	Sep 3, 2002
	American Chemical Society	Chemistry and Safety of Acrylamide in Food Abstracts from the sessions on acrylamide in food at the 227th ACS National Meeting, held March 28-April 1, 2004 in (more) Event Dates: Monday, March 29, 2004 - Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Publication Date: Monday, March 29, 2004	May 12, 2004
	Lee, Kyoung-Youl, et al.	Chemoprevention of Acrylamide Toxicity by Antioxidative Agents in Rats - Effective Suppression of Testicular Toxicity by Phenylethyl Isothiocyanate Report of a study on the abilities of N-acetylcysteine, phenyhlethyl isothiocyanate, and (more) Deadline: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 Publication Date: Thursday, April 28, 2005	Oct 19, 2005
	Johnson, K.A., et al.	Chronic Toxicity and Oncogenicity Study on Acrylamide Incorporated in the Drinking Water of Fischer 344 Rats Abstract of a study on the chronic toxicity and oncogenic potential of acrylamide in rats. Publication Date: Monday, September 15, 1986	Sep 3, 2004
	Acheson, David W. K.	Consumer Risk Presentation given at the Food Advisory Committee Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee Meeting on (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2002	Jan 2, 2003
	Dockets Management Branch, Food and Drug Administration	Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee of the Food Advisory Committee Adelphi, MD: Public meeting to discuss the FDA's action plan regarding acrylamide in food. Event Dates: Wednesday, December 4, 2002 - Thursday, December 5, 2002 Publication Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2002	Dec 2, 2002
	Jacobson, Michael F.	CSPI on Harvard Acrylamide Study Statement by CSPI Executive Directory Michael F. Jacobson regarding the Harvard School of Public Health/Karolinska (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2003	Jan 29, 2003
	Blank, Imre	Current Status of Acrylamide Research in Food: Measurement, Safety Assessment, and Formation Summary of recent research related to acrylamide analytical methods, safety assessment, and formation in foods. (more) Deadline: Monday, August 15, 2005 Publication Year: 2005	Aug 15, 2005
	Musser, Steven	Detection and Occurrence of Acrylamide in U.S. Foods Presentation given at the Food Advisory Committee Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee Meeting on (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2002	Jan 2, 2003
	Geng, Zhiming; Jiang, Rong; Chen, Ming.	Determination of Acrylamide in Starch-based Foods by Ion-exclusion Liquid Chromatography Access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. Publication Month: March 2008	Jun 3, 2008
	Mucci, L.A., P.W. Dickman, G. Steineck, H.-O. Adami, and K. Augustsson	Dietary Acrylamide and Cancer of the Large Bowel, Kidney, and Bladder: Absence of an Association in a Population-Based Study in Sweden Abstract and report of a study on the link between consumption of acrylamide in foods and the risk of bladder, (more) Publication Date: Monday, January 13, 2003	Jan 29, 2003
	Pelucchi, Claudio, et al.	Dietary Acrylamide and Human Cancer Report of a study on the relationship between acrylamide intake and cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, (more) Deadline: Monday, December 5, 2005 Publication Date: Thursday, July 7, 2005	Dec 5, 2005