Azodicarbonamide, also known as ADA

[sky otter]

just another day in paradise.. amazing what we are being fed..ain't it?

did you know that if you put a bay leaf with your flour  you don't get bugs? and if there are any they don't hatch

or that pure pepperment oil diluted and sprayed on openings keeps out mice?

i guess i am trying to say that while chemicals are easy.. there are other ways to do stuff....
just sayin




http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hundreds-foods-u-s-contain-hazardous-chemical-report-n39846

Hundreds of Foods in U.S. Contain Hazardous Chemical: Report

Nearly 500 foods found on grocery store shelves in the United States, including many foods labeled as "healthy," contain a potentially hazardous industrial plastics chemical, according to a report issued Thursday by a health research and advocacy group.

Azodicarbonamide, also known as ADA, was found as an ingredient in breads, bagels, tortillas, hamburger and hot dog buns, pizza, pastries, and other food products, according to a report by the Environmental Working Group, based in Washington.

Some consumer groups have called for the removal of azodicarbonamide from use in foods. Fast food chain Subway said earlier this month that it was removing the chemical from its products, but stated that ADA is a safe and widely used ingredient for many foods.

Azodicarbonamide is fully approved for use in food by the United States Food and Drug Administration and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. But ADA is banned as an additive in Australia and some European countries.

As a food additive, azodicarbonamide is used as a flour bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent in dough to improve its performance for bakers. It is also used in plastics to improve elasticity and can be found in yoga mats and shoes.

The World Health Organization states that epidemiological studies in humans and other reports have produced "abundant evidence that azodicarbonamide can induce asthma, other respiratory symptoms, and skin sensitization" to people working with the chemical.

The Environmental Working Group said manufacturers should immediately end the use of ADA in food. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York, this month called on the FDA to ban ADA from foods.

The FDA states that azodicarbonamide can be used safely if the amount in flour does not exceed 2.05 grams per 100 pounds of flour or 45 parts per million.

-Reuters

First published February 26 2014, 10:58 PM

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azodicarbonamide

Azodicarbonamide, or azobisformamide, is a chemical compound with the molecular formula C2H4O2N4.[1] It is a yellow to orange red, odorless, crystalline powder. As a food additive, it is known by the E number E927.

Use as a food additive[edit]
As a food additive, azodicarbonamide is used as a flour bleaching agent and an improving agent. It reacts with moist flour as an oxidizing agent.[2] The main reaction product is biurea,[3] a derivative of urea, which is stable during baking. Secondary reaction products include semicarbazide[4] and ethyl carbamate.[5] The United States and Canada permit the use of azodicarbonamide at levels up to 45 ppm.[6][7] In Australia and Europe the use of azodicarbonamide as a food additive is banned.[8]

Other uses[edit]
The principal use of azodicarbonamide is in the production of foamed plastics as a blowing agent. The thermal decomposition of azodicarbonamide results in the evolution of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and ammonia gases, which are trapped in the polymer as bubbles to form a foamed article.

Azodicarbonamide as used in plastics, synthetic leather and other uses can be pure or modified. This is important because modification affects the reaction temperatures. Pure azodicarbonamide generally reacts around 200 °C. In the plastic, leather and other industries, modified azodicarbonamide (average decomposition temperature 170 °C) contains additives that accelerate the reaction or react at lower temperatures.

Azodicarbonamide as a blowing agent in plastics has been banned in Europe since August 2005 for the manufacture of plastic articles that are intended to come into direct contact with food.[9]

Safety[edit]
In the United States, azodicarbonamide has generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status and is allowed to be added to flour at levels up to 45 ppm.[10]

In the UK, the Health and Safety Executive has identified azodicarbonamide as a respiratory sensitizer (a possible cause of asthma) in workplace settings and determined that containers of it should be labeled with "May cause sensitisation by inhalation."[11] The World Health Organization has linked azodicarbonamide to "respiratory issues, allergies and asthma" for individuals at workplaces where azodicarbonamide is manufactured or handled in raw form. The available data are restricted to these occupational environments. Exposure of the general public to azodicarbonamide could not be evaluated because of the lack of available data.[12]




edit to correct speeling..sigh

[burntheships]

sky,

Is this is made from hair, and duck feathers?

blech!   

Oooopps, wrong one thats the L. CYSTEINE,

[sky otter]

what ?   hair and feathers..?   EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[Littleenki]

Yikes, glad I dont eat processed foods, the chemicals they spray on us from above are bad enough!

Hair and feathers? sounds like the frozen chicken wings from the Sysco truck!

Someday, Sky, you might catch me in that garden of yours, nibbling on the vegetables...please dont spray me with neem oil!

[sky otter]

LE
i don't spray anything..hahahahah so if the dogs don't lick you to death.. you're good.
bhahahahahahahah

moved most of the growing to the flower beds and fenced the yard to ward off the venison..opps.deer and have dogs that only bark at me...
try not to step on any of the rabbits or squirrels..one just torments the dogs but the other one plants nut tress for me..

[burntheships]

what ?   hair and feathers..?   EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Yah, its mostly hair, from China.

They process it into a "pure"  ( chemical supposedly )
and add it to bread to  make it more err.....desireable!??

Its in a lot of bagels, all the processed buns of burger joints.

Yes, thankfully lots of local bakeries here dont
use it, and I can make my own....

Shoe leather and hair, yum?

NOT!