The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is to re-evaluate the risks of bisphenol A (BPA) in food as the Court of Justice of the EU confirms the chemical must be listed as a “substance of very high concern” for its hormone-disrupting properties on the...
Comments have been flooding in from consumer groups and industry associations following the announcement that Campbell Soup Company will switch to BPA-free lined cans by 2017.
Clear plastic cans provide an ‘attractive alternative’ to traditional metal cans because consumers want to see the quality of food at the point of sale, according to Kortec.
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.
A leading US industry body for metal packaging said the canned food and drinks sectors are bowing to consumer pressure and seeking alternatives to bisphenol A (BPA) - as it dismissed the findings of a study that found the chemical had leached into 92...
The French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) has recommended that consumers should be alerted to the presence of bisphenol A (BPA) in packaging via a system of “systematic labelling”.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is living on borrowed time. And not just in the United States but now in Europe too where mounting consumer hostility and scientific concern over its safety have combined to push the chemical towards the point of no return.
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Each day the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dithers in delivering its verdict on the safety of bisphenol A (BPA), its authority is diminished and its credibility wanes.
As concern over bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles mounts, US company PlastiPure announced it has received more than $1m in federal funding to develop plastics free of chemicals that may mimic estrogenic activity (EA).
International food and beverage brand-owners could jeopardise their share value and reputation by dragging their feet when it comes to implementing alternatives to bisphenol A (BPA), according to a recent US survey.
A bill that would have banned the use of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in food packaging in California has been vetoed by the state governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The EU's food agency today set a maximum limit for human daily
intakes of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical implicated as a potential
carcinogen and widely used in plastic food packaging and cans.
A chemical commonly found in plastic food containers has been
proven to harm the development of mouse eggs, according to a new
study from the US which is now fuelling debates over packaging
safety.
