2019 AOAC Furans WG Book

Furans Furan and Alkyl Furans Katerina Mastovska (WG Chair) Eurofins Food Integrity & Innovation March 13, 2019

AOAC Midyear Meeting 2019

Furan and Alkyl Furans

• Food processing contaminants formed during thermal  processing of foods • Found in a variety of foods, such as coffee, canned and  jarred foods (including baby foods), cereals etc. • Furan is hepatotoxic, possibly carcinogenic to humans  (IARC Group 2B) and potentially genotoxic   (similar health risk concerns raised for certain alkyl furans)

furan           2‐methylfuran          3‐methylfuran        2,5‐dimethylfuran              2‐pentylfuran