New York, NY/Washington DC -Â The following is the
response of Jeff Stier, director of the National Center's Risk Analysis
Division, to the call of Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) for a ban on
azodicarbonamide after Subway restaurants removed
the FDA-approved substance from its bread in response to an activist's
petition:
Subway's move came as a result from pressure from Vani
Hari, a blogger who calls herself "The Food Babe."
The move had everything to do with public relations and
nothing to do with food safety. Bread itself, by virtue of being a baked
carbohydrate, has the carcinogen acrylamide in it. That doesn't mean it is
dangerous at the levels humans consume it.
While Subway is free to market itself however it wishes,
the move sets a dangerous policy precedent…..To Read More……
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