Acrylamide Testing
Specifics
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Cost$150
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Sample Size
100 g
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Turnaround Time5 Business Days
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Limit of Quantitation (LOQ)30 ppb
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Limit of Detection (LOD)
10 ppb
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PlatformUPLC-MS/MS
Overview
Acrylamide is a white crystalline solid, water-soluble, and known carcinogen. It is listed under California Proposition 65 because it can cause cancer, and exposure to acrylamide may increase cancer risk. Proposition 65 requires businesses to determine if they must provide a warning about exposure to listed chemicals.
Murray-Brown Laboratories uses the most sophisticated and sensitive instrumentation to determine acrylamide levels in food. This method is highly accurate, precise and not subject to interferences with a quantitation limit of 30 µg/kg (PPB).
The FDA recommends that manufacturers be aware of acrylamide levels in their products, because knowledge of these levels is essential for determining the effectiveness of acrylamide reduction techniques. This is where analytical analysis can be useful.
Results Interpretation
See also the FAQ: What are acrylamide limits in food as defined by California’s Proposition 65?
California Prop 65 offers limits of 0.2 µg/day for the No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) and 140 µg/day for the Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL).
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Pass Criteria
Results below Appropriate/Applicable Action Level
If we report LOQ or LOD, no actionable (reportable) acrylamide was found.
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Fail Criteria
Foods/Food groups Maximum average concentration (ppb) Maximum unit concentration (ppb) Almonds, specifically roasted almonds and chocolate-covered roasted almonds 255 --- Bread, including loaves, rols, buns, baguelles: a. non-wheat-based products 100 --- b. wheat-based products 50 --- Cookies: a. animal and animal crackers (sweet) 75 100 b. thin and crispy 281 300 c. sandwich wafers 115 --- Crackers, specifically savory crackers, including crispbread 350 490 Potato or sweet potato products: a. french fried potatoes 280 400 b. sliced chips 281 350 c. all other products, including hash browns and potato puffs 350 490 Waffles 280 ---
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Test
- Acrylamide
- Gluten
- Heavy Metals
Will you analyze acrylamide on behalf of attorneys?
What are FDA recommended levels for acrylamide in products?
FDA is not suggesting maximum recommended levels for acrylamide in various products at this time. They recommend that manufacturers be aware of acrylamide levels in their products, because knowledge of these levels is essential for determining the effectiveness of acrylamide reduction techniques.
What are acrylamide limits in food as defined by California’s Proposition 65?
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65), recently finalized a regulation that addresses when acrylamide in cooked or heat processed foods creates an exposure requiring a warning under Prop 65.
The new regulation, effective April 1, 2023, clarifies what constitutes an “exposure” to acrylamide from cooked or heat-processed food.
As a general matter and for all types of foods, acrylamide formed by cooking or heat processing does not create an “exposure” requiring a warning if a manufacturer has reduced the acrylamide to the “lowest level currently feasible” by employing practices recommended in the Codex Code of Practice for the Reduction of Acrylamide in Foods.
Products in these categories that contain acrylamide at or below the specified levels do not require a warning, regardless of the production processes employed by the manufacturer. These levels are deemed the “lowest level currently feasible”; no further evidence from the manufacturer is necessary. Apart from the level for bread, OEHHA drew these safe harbor levels from prior court-approved Prop 65 settlements.
Two additional provisions are included in the new regulation:
- The first clarifies that nothing in the regulation precludes a manufacturer from relying on other data, information, or provisions of the regulations (e.g., food intake, cooking exemption, standard safe harbor levels) to demonstrate that a warning is not required under Prop 65 for any particular product.
- The second clarifies that acrylamide compliance levels in court-ordered settlements and final judgments entered prior to April 1, 2023, to the extent they differ from the safe harbor levels in the new regulation, continue to apply to the parties to those settlements.
| Foods/Food groups | Maximum average concentration (ppb) | Maximum unit concentration (ppb) |
| Almonds, specifically roasted almonds and chocolate-covered roasted almonds. | 255 | --- |
| Bread, including loaves, rolls, buns, baguettes: | ||
| a. non-wheat-based products | 100 | --- |
| b. wheat-based products | 50 | --- |
| Cookies: | ||
| a. animal and animal crackers (sweet) | 75 | 100 |
| b. thin and crispy | 281 | 300 |
| c. sandwich wafers | 115 | --- |
| Crackers, specifically savory crackers, including crispbread | 350 | 490 |
| Potato or sweet potato products: | ||
| a. french fried potatoes | 280 | 400 |
| b. sliced chips | 281 | 350 |
| c. all other products, including hash browns and potato puffs | 350 | 490 |
| Waffles | 280 | --- |
What are alternatives to analytical analysis to monitor reduction of acrylamide?
The predominant analytical methods for acrylamide determination are highly sensitive, expensive and time-consuming. Also, because acrylamide can vary significantly between identically prepared products, extensive sampling may be required to detect the effects of process changes. One approach to reducing analytical testing is to identify a characteristic that can be monitored as a proxy for acrylamide, such as color or moisture, and calibrate variation in this characteristic to analytically determined acrylamide levels. To be effective, such analysis may need to be performed on a product-by-product basis.
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2016). Guidance for industry: Acrylamide in foods. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.fda.gov/FoodGuidances
How should I prepare and ship my sample?
- Sample should represent real-world product as received by the end customer and/or be homogeneous with the batch it represents.
- Packaging should maintain sample integrity by preventing exchange with the atmosphere.
- Ship next day or 2nd day, avoid Saturdays and weekends.
- If your product is normally refrigerated, pack with cold packs.
- Non-refrigerated products can be shipped without cold packs.
- Please do not use Dry Ice and do not freeze samples
Ship or deliver samples to:
Murray-Brown Laboratories, Inc
Attn: Sample Receiving
11455 Pearl St., Northglenn, CO. 80233
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