Potato chip makers agree to reduce carcinogen in products
Potato chip producers agree to reduce carcinogen - acrylamide - in their chips over three years and pay penalties to settle California lawsuit. Accord means a 20 percent cut for Frito-Lay products, 87 percent cut for Kettle Chips, and warning label on Cape Cod Robust Russets. And: FDA tells home cooks to reduce chemical by not over-browning potatoes (click 'See also').
San Francisco Chronicle 2008-08-02
Categories: Diet-Related Disease, GOVERNMENT, HEALTH & NUTRITION, Processed Foods, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, State Government
Index: acrylamide, Bill Lockyer, Braden Reddall, Burger King, cancer, Cape Cod Chips, FDA, french fries, Frito-Lay, Heinz, Jerry Brown, Kettle Chips, Kettle Foods, KFC, Lance Inc., Mary Milliken, McDonald's, Ore-Ida, Pringles potato chips, Procter & Gamble, Proposition 65, Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, tater tots, Wendy's