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Quasi-government agency expected to start the cancer promotion action experiment concerning Kao cooking oil "Econa" (Enova) at current year


Doubt deepens concerning the safety of the "Food for specified health uses that Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare authorizes

By JCPRESS

It was clarified that the quasi-government agency in Japan was planning to work on the research at current year of element "Diacylglycerol" of Kao cooking oil "Econa" (Enova) suggested that it had the action that promoted carcinogenesis by the coverage of the Japan Consumer Press (JC-Press).

There were a lot of researches that denied the action that promoted carcinogenesis, tumor promotion action, according to the experiment by Kao.

However, there was an experiment "The promoting effect of the squamous cell carcinoma is suggested" in the research to which the quasi-government agency had gone by the spring of this year.

Consumers' anxiety neurosiss are sure to rise to the execution of the quasi-government agency of the research on carcinogenicity on the cooking oil sold as a "Food for specified health uses" that Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare authorizes.

Japan Consumer Press Sep 1, 2005 No.716 , online published : Aug 30, 2005