Food Standards Agency, ikigo gishinzwe gukurikirana ubuziranenge bw’amafunguro mu Bwongereza cyasohoye amabwiriza ahamagarira abaturage kwirinda kurya amafiriti n’imigati byijimye.

Iki kigo kivuga ko mu bushakashatsi cyakurikiranye, byagaragaye ko gufungura ibirimo acrylamide igihe kirekire bitera indwara ya kanseri.

Ubu bushakashatsi bwakorewe ku nyamaswa zagaburiwe igihe kirekire amafiriti n’imigati byijimye, biba byiganjemo acrylamide, biza kugaragara ko zose zanduye indwara ya kanseri, bituma abashakashatsi batahura ko bene ayo mafunguro ari ayo kwirindwa.

Ngo iyo mu gihe cyo guteka hakoreshejwe ubushyuhe buri hejuru cyane, hari impinduka ziterwa n’uko imisemburo yitwa amidon iba mu biribwa by’ibinyamafufu byose ihindukamo acrylamide.

Dr Guy Poppy ukuriye abajyanama b’abahanga muri icyo kigo gishinzwe gukurikirana ubuziranenge bw’amafunguro mu Bwongereza Food Standards Agency avuga ko bikwiye kwirindwa.

Yagize ati « Gufata amafunguro arimo acrylamide igihe kirekire byongera cyane ibyago byo kurwara indwara ya kanseri ku buryo budashidikanywaho. »

Kuri ubu Food Standards Agency yamaze gutanga amabwiriza asaba abaturage bo mu Bwongereza kwihatira gufata amafunguro yatetswe mu buryo budakoresha ubushyuhe buri hejuru cyane.

Abashaka gukumira iyi ndwara ngo bakwihatira kujya bafata amafunguro yatetswe mu mazi n’ayatekeshejwe umwuka ushyushye (boiled, steamed and mashed food).

Bashobora no kurya ibyatetswe mu mavuta n’ibyuma bishyushya cyane bajye babifata bitarahindura ibara ngo usange byijimye cyane.

Aha niho inzobere za Food Standards Agency ziburira n’abakunda kotsa imigati yahiye, bakongera kuyumutsa cyangwa kuyotsa ngo ihindure ibara kandi yumuke cyane.

Ngo ibyagize ibara ryijimye byose ni ibyo kwirindwa, ushaka gufungura ibitamuteza ibyago akwiye kubirya bigisa n’umuhondo ucyeye.