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Nitrosamines: Cancer-causing compounds found in everyday food: EU agency

Lisa Sean Published March 28, 2023
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Cancer-causing chemical compounds called nitrosamines have been found in a range of everyday foods and could pose a health risk to consumers, the European Food Safety Agency warned on Tuesday.

The 10 nitrosamines — which are not added deliberately to daily food but which can form during food’s preparation and processing — are carcinogenic and also genotoxic, which means they may hurt DNA, according to a new study conducted by the European Union agency.

Dieter Schrenk, chair of the EFSA’s panel on contaminants in the food chain said that our assessment concludes that for all age groups across the EU population, the level of exposure to nitrosamines in food raises a health concern. Based on animal studies, we considered the incidence of liver tumours in rodents as the most critical health effect.

Nitrosamines have been found in foods including cured meat, processed fish, cocoa, beer, and other alcoholic drinks, the EFSA said. The “most important food group” contributing to nitrosamines exposure is meat, it said.

Schrenk said the research deployed “a worst-case scenario” considering that all nitrosamines detected in food had the potential to cause cancer as the most harmful form of the compound. The EFSA added that there were “knowledge gaps” about the presence of nitrosamines in some food groups.

It recommended a balanced diet with a broad variety of foods to decrease the consumption of nitrosamines. The EFSA said its opinion will be shared with the European Commission, which will in turn concern potential risk management measures with nations in the 27-member bloc.

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