{{Short description|Process for bleaching flour}} {{refimprove|date=May 2021}}
The '''agene process''' is a former process for bleaching flour with agene (nitrogen trichloride). The practice was discontinued in 1949 once it became known that agene treated flour caused severe and widespread neurological disorders in humans and dogs.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kaplan|first=Steven Laurence|title=Le pain maudit : retour sur la France des années oubliées, 1945-1958|publisher=Fayard|year=2008|isbn=978-2-213-63648-1|location=[Paris]|pages=725|oclc=470948784}}</ref>
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Category:Neurological disorders
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