print email comment close Acrylamide Infonet URL: http://www.foodrisk.org/acrylamide/index.cfm Description: "This network functions as a global resource and inventory of ongoing research on acrylamide in food. It includes formal research, surveillance/monitoring and industry investigations." The site also provides links to sites from national and regional government from around the world on this potential carcinogen found especially in fried starchy foods. From the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), a project of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the University of Maryland. Publisher: Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) Extra Keywords cancer Library of Congress Subject Headings: Acrylamide Carcinogens Food -- Contamination Fried food LII Database Information: Record 11305 created by Maria Brandt on 08/28/2005 Last modification on 09/14/2009 Published: 08/28/2005   Republished: 09/29/2005 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11305