arsenic - News - safefood Knowledge Network2024-03-28T15:46:24Zhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/arsenicInorganic arsenic in food – health concerns confirmedhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/inorganic-arsenic-in-food-health-concerns-confirmed2024-01-22T11:37:42.000Z2024-01-22T11:37:42.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>Consumer exposure to inorganic arsenic in food raises a health concern according to the conclusions of EFSA’s latest risk assessment of this contaminant. The finding confirms the outcome of EFSA’s previous assessment of the risks linked to the presence of inorganic arsenic in food from 2009.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/inorganic-arsenic-food-health-concerns-confirmed" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>EU to lower arsenic levels in some food productshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/eu-to-lower-arsenic-levels-in-some-food-products2023-03-09T14:02:14.000Z2023-03-09T14:02:14.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>The European Commission has tightened the rules on the presence of arsenic in food products.</p>
<p>The allowed concentration of inorganic arsenic in white rice is lowered, while there are new limits for arsenic in some rice-based food items, infant formula, baby foods, fruit juices, and salt.</p>
<p>Arsenic is present at low concentrations in rocks, soil, and natural groundwater, with food and drinking water being the principal routes of human exposure. The inorganic forms of arsenic are more toxic than organic arsenic.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/03/eu-to-lower-arsenic-levels-in-some-food-products/" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>Chronic dietary exposure to inorganic arsenichttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/chronic-dietary-exposure-to-inorganic-arsenic2021-03-05T13:46:42.000Z2021-03-05T13:46:42.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>Following an official request to EFSA from the European Commission, EFSA assessed the chronic dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) in the European population. A total of 13,608 analytical results on iAs were considered in the current assessment (7,623 corresponding to drinking water and 5,985 to different types of food). Samples were collected across Europe between 2013 and 2018. The highest mean dietary exposure estimates at the lower bound (LB) were in toddlers (0.30 μg/kg body weight (bw) per day), and in both infants and toddlers (0.61 μg/kg bw per day) at the upper bound (UB). </p>
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<p><a href="https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6380?campaign=woletoc" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>Researchers find arsenic in rice risk for UK infantshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/researchers-find-arsenic-in-rice-risk-for-uk-infants2020-05-05T12:44:00.000Z2020-05-05T12:44:00.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p>Scientists have found half of rice varieties they tested exceeded maximum arsenic limits for young children in the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>A team at the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food found 28 of 55 rice samples sold in the U.K. contained levels of arsenic that exceeded European Commission regulations for rice for infants or children under the age of five.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/05/researchers-find-arsenic-in-rice-risk-for-uk-infants/" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>FDA Makes Available Results from Testing of Infant Rice Cereal for Inorganic Arsenichttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/fda-makes-available-results-from-testing-of-infant-rice-cereal-fo2020-03-13T09:58:33.000Z2020-03-13T09:58:33.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p>Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making available <a href="http://s2027422842.t.en25.com/e/er?utm_campaign=CFSANCU_ArsenicTestingInfantRiceCereal_03062020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&s=2027422842&lid=12054&elqTrackId=E434E7A3B44DBCD932BDC2FD3736996B&elq=6f7274df25a6491d8da27e1e90409da3&elqaid=11528&elqat=1">results</a> from our most recent testing of infant rice cereals for inorganic arsenic. These results show that manufacturers have made significant progress in reducing levels of inorganic arsenic in these products. </p>
<p><a href="https://www.fda.gov/food/metals-and-your-food/arsenic-food-and-dietary-supplements?utm_campaign=CFSANCU_ArsenicTestingInfantRiceCereal_03062020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>EU needs to do more to lower arsenic levels in infant foodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/eu-needs-to-do-more-to-lower-arsenic-levels-in-infant-food2018-03-23T16:20:21.000Z2018-03-23T16:20:21.000ZMichael Hillshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/MichaelHills<div><p>Research at Queen’s highlights that EU laws introduced in January 2016 regarding carcinogen inorganic arsenic should be revised to ensure a lowered concentration of arsenic in baby food.</p><p><strong><a href="http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/eu-needs-to-do-more-lower-arsenic-levels-infant-food/" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></strong></p></div>Dangerously high levels of arsenic found in rice cakes for babieshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/dangerously-high-levels-of-arsenic-found-in-rice-cakes-for-babies2017-05-04T19:16:43.000Z2017-05-04T19:16:43.000ZMichael Hillshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/MichaelHills<div><p>Study by Queen’s University Belfast finds 50% of baby rice products contain illegal level of inorganic arsenic. <span>The findings raise doubts about the effectiveness of EU rules brought in only last year designed to reduce the amount of the toxic chemical, which can impair a baby’s physical and mental development.</span></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/04/inorganic-arsenic-rice-cakes-babies-queens-university-belfast?CMP=twt_gu" target="_blank">Continue reading here</a><br /></strong></p></div>