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BPA
The chemical is used in certain packaging materials such as polycarbonate baby bottles and is also used in epoxy resins for internal protective linings for canned foods. Concerns have arisen over BPA since it has been found to migrate in small amounts into foods and beverages stored in containers and some studies indicated that high levels of the chemical could be carcinogenic.
US lawmaker seeks to use chemical industry proposal to leverage wider bisphenol A ban
A leading US lawmaker has petitioned federal authorities to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in all canned products and reusable food and beverage packaging on the grounds that...
Crown Prince cites consumer driven motives for BPA free cans
Crown Prince Seafood is phasing out bisphenol A (BPA) in its cans linings due to consumer concern about the substance.
Campbell Soup to complete bisphenol A phase out before 2015 - source
Campbell Soup Company will complete the phase out of bisphenol A (BPA) from all its food cans before 2015, an industry insider has told FoodProductionDaily.com.
BPA concerns fuel glass packaging growth - analyst
Bisphenol-A (BPA) safety fears will see the global glass food and beverage packaging segment challenge the ever-expanding plastic packaging industry, an industry report has claimed.
Campbell Soup bows to consumer pressure as it reveals bisphenol A phase out underway
Campbell Soup Company has confirmed it is in the process phasing out the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in all its can linings over consumer fears about the controversial substance....
News in brief
FDA to hear comments on bisphenol A baby bottle reg
The US Food and Drink Administration (FDA) has started a 60-day public consultation period to revise regulations on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and sippy cups.
Call for drug-style tests on bisphenol A after research finds heart disease link
Scientists in the UK have called on the government to carry out drug-style safety trials of bisphenol A (BPA) in humans after research suggested exposure to the chemical was linked...
Urgent overhaul of bisphenol A regs needed to protect public - report
US federal authorities must show more urgency in dealing with bisphenol A (BPA) and begin protecting the public from hazards posed by the chemical, according to a new report from...
BPA-based reactive flame retardant is safe, says EFSA, despite limited data
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says that it believes the bisphenol A (BPA) brominate Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is safe, and does not hinder processes such as human reproduction or...
France unmoved by EFSA safety stance over bisphenol A
French concerns over bisphenol A (BPA) have not been dispelled in the wake of the opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that the chemical poses no health risk...
US reluctantly sets deadline for final decision on bisphenol A safety
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must reach a final decision before 31 March 2012 on whether to ban bisphenol A (BPA) in food and drink packaging following the...
EFSA reconfirms safety of bisphenol A as it rejects ‘limited’ French fears
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has repeated its view that bisphenol A (BPA) poses no human health risk through dietary exposure as it dismissed concerns raised by scientists in...
‘Critically important’ consumers don’t misinterpret small BPA survey, NAMPA
The North American Metal Packaging Alliance (NAMPA) says it is “critically important” that consumers don't overestimate the importance of a “small survey of canned soups” reporting the presence of chemical...
Hempel on right track with BPA-free coating
A newly, developed bisphenol A-free surface lining for rail transportation cars will put the food sector “one step ahead of regulations,” says the coating’s developer.
Industry warns of major fallout from French bisphenol A ban
Shorter product shelf life, the need to use a raft of coatings and changes in the appearance of food and beverage cans are all potential consequences of the French ban...
ACC savages BPA study linking chemical to poor child behaviour
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has launched a withering attack on the design of a new study suggesting that gestational exposure to food packaging compound bisphenol-A (BPA) before birth could...
EFSA begins BPA report review
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has announced it is to launch a review on two reports which led to the banning of bisphenol-A (BPA) in France.
French BPA ban will distort EU food packaging market, Plastics Europe
The new French ban on bisphenol A (BPA) could potentially distort the European internal market for food packaging, according to plastics industry trade association Plastics Europe.
US chemical industry urges feds to ban bisphenol A in baby bottles
The leading US chemical industry body is urging federal authorities to change the law to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) is baby bottles and children’s sippy cups.
French Health Minister backs total packaging ban on bisphenol A by 2014
The French Health Minister has given his backing to a law that would outlaw the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in all food packaging from 2014 – as well as...
ANSES highlight BPA health risks
A report by the French Agency for Food Health Safety (ANSES) has highlighted apparent health risks from exposure to bisphenol A (BPA).
US Government study casts significant doubts over bisphenol A threat
Humans are so efficient at ridding the body of bisphenol A (BPA) that bioactive levels of the chemical left in the blood for absorption are undetectable, according to research from...
‘Very small’ risk from bisphenol A, says Japanese national research body
The risk to human health posed by bisphenol A (BPA) is “very small”, according to the latest update by a Japanese research institute as part of a six-year monitoring project...
EU Bisphenol A ban not based on science, COT
A scientist who chairs the UK's independent Committee on Toxicity (COT) says the European Commission’s (EC’s) move to ban the import of baby bottles using Bisphenol A (BPA) is not...
China bans bisphenol A in baby bottles, vows death penalty for serious safety breaches
China has become the latest country to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles, while Government officials signalled increasing use of the death penalty to crack down...
