CBS: FDA to review use of azodicarbonamide in bread preparation

Via CBS News, this update: 

The Food and Drug Administration is planning to revisit its approval of the food additive ADA, the agency's top foods official announced Thursday, after longstanding questions over the safety of the so-called "yoga mat" chemical that can be a bread ingredient in the U.S. but is banned in Europe. 

Also called azodicarbonamide, the FDA previously approved ADA's use to whiten cereal flour and improve baking bread dough. 

Advocacy groups have criticized the use of this chemical in food for years, over concerns about its potential health risks. The "yoga mat" nickname comes from ADA's other uses in the manufacturing of plastics and rubbers. 

In Europe, it is illegal to add the ingredient to bread, given the possibility it could result in a possible carcinogen called semicarbazide when it breaks down into other chemicals during bread making. 

I never predicted that Va/ni Har/i would be running the FDA, but here we are.