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EFSA finds health risks from nitrosamines in food

Posted by safefood Knowledge Network on March 29, 2023 at 1:29pm in Chemical Contaminants

There is a health risk from a group of compounds that can form in food during processing, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

EFSA assessed the public health risk related to nitrosamines. Ten nitrosamines in food are carcinogenic, meaning they can cause cancer, and genotoxic, which means they may damage DNA.

efsa, nitrosamines, food contaminants, risk assessment

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