Research progress in benzopyrene in foods

Benzopyrene is a kind of polycyclic aromatic compounds which has strong carcinogenic. It is easy to produce when cooking food in a high temperature, and its food safety problem has attracted increasing attention.The properties, sources, hazards, detection methods and reduce measures of benzopyrene was briefly reviewed in this article, and the need for the fast detection techniques of benzopyrene in food was also stressed.