Why is acrylamide in the news again?

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Disruption in supply chain within the last 12 months has dramatically increased the number of positive samples for acrylamide.

The highly toxic acrylamide (2-propenamide) has been found in certain cooked foods, including fried and baked foods, and is formed from asparagine as a by-product of the Maillard reaction at temperatures above 120 °C.

Check out the complete acrylamide workflow solutions in our free GC-MS application compendium for food safety analysis.

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