# Agene process

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The **agene process** is a former process for [bleaching flour](/source/Flour_bleaching_agent) with [agene](/source/Nitrogen_trichloride) (nitrogen trichloride). The practice was discontinued in 1949 once it became known that agene treated flour caused severe and widespread [neurological disorders](/source/Neurological_disorder) in humans and dogs.[1]

## References

1. Kaplan, Steven Laurence (2008). *Le pain maudit : retour sur la France des années oubliées, 1945-1958*. [Paris]: Fayard. p. 725. ISBN 978-2-213-63648-1. [OCLC 470948784](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/470948784)

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