Continued Concern Over Cooked Carbs

An international panel of experts met in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 27 to evaluate recent findings on acrylamide. That’s the carcinogenic and nerve-damaging compound that Swedish scientists found in high-carbohydrate foods that are cooked at high temperature, such as potato chips, French fries, crackers, even cereal (see EN, June 2002). Acrylamide a "Major Concern." The panel, hosted jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) made no call for changes in diet or manufacturing