{"id":8353,"date":"2019-03-08T18:22:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=8353"},"modified":"2026-08-28T01:47:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:47:58","slug":"beuc-requests-revision-of-the-reference-levels-of-acrylamide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/regulatory-watch\/beuc-requests-revision-of-the-reference-levels-of-acrylamide\/","title":{"rendered":"BEUC calls for revision of acrylamide reference levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement dated 6 March 2019, BEUC (the European Consumer Organisation) reported that new tests carried out by ten consumer organisations showed that the protective measures put in place by the European Union against acrylamide were not sufficient.<\/p>\n<p>BEUC is calling on the European Commission to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>lower the current reference values.<\/li>\n<li>introduce new values for foods not yet regulated, namely vegetable crisps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The results of these studies are available via the link below: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beuc.eu\/publications\/beuc-x-2019-010_more_efforts_needed_to_protect_consumers_from_acrylamide_in_food.pdf\">https:\/\/www.beuc.eu\/publications\/beuc-x-2019-010_more_efforts_needed_to_protect_consumers_from_acrylamide_in_food.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The analyses carried out covered in particular potato crisps, vegetable crisps, chips, biscuits and wafers, breakfast cereals, and biscuits for infants and young children.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, acrylamide is a substance formed from compounds naturally present in certain foodstuffs, in particular asparagine and reducing sugars such as glucose and fructose, at temperatures above 120\u00b0C and under low-humidity conditions.<br \/>\nAccording to the <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.2903\/j.efsa.2015.4104\/epdf\">EFSA opinion published in 2015<\/a>, acrylamide has carcinogenic effects for all types of consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Regulation (EU) 2017\/2158, establishing mitigating measures to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food as well as reference levels, has been applicable since 11 April 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Although most of the results obtained meet regulatory criteria, some food categories show a significant percentage of samples above the reference values:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>13.1% of biscuit and wafer samples.<\/li>\n<li>13% of baby food samples.<\/li>\n<li>7.7% of crisps.<\/li>\n<li>6.3% of biscuits for infants and young children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most problematic case is that of biscuits and wafers because, although not identified as being intended for infants and young children, these products are frequently consumed by children under 3 years old.<\/p>\n<p>In this study, 44 products in the &#8220;biscuits and wafers&#8221; category were identified as being frequently consumed by children under 3 years old, and their acrylamide content was compared against the regulatory reference level for the &#8220;biscuits for infants and young children&#8221; category, namely 150 \u00b5g\/kg. In this scenario, 63.6% of samples were above the reference level.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the vegetable crisps category, 27 analyses were carried out and an average acrylamide content of 1,121 \u00b5g\/kg was calculated, with a median value of 830 \u00b5g\/kg. This is almost double the median value for the potato crisps tested, yet to date no reference level has been set for this type of food.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that your Phytocontrol laboratory is able to carry out acrylamide analysis under COFRAC accreditation; the matrices concerned can be found in our COFRAC technical annex No. 1-1904, available in your customer area or on the COFRAC website.<\/p>\n<p>For any technical, pricing and\/or regulatory information, please contact us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement dated 6 March 2019, BEUC (the European Consumer Organisation) reported that new&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulatory-watch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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