EFSA APPROVES SAFETY OF TWO FOOD INDUSTRY PLASTIC INGREDIENTS
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has declared safe to consumers the use of plastics ingredient bisphenol A (BPA), even in food packaging, following widespread concern about its effect on reproductive systems and hormones. EFSA scientists have re-evaluated BPA after studies showed significant differences between humans and rodents in exposure effects, notably that people metabolise and excrete BPA far faster, limiting the relevance of previous mice tests. EFSA has now set a comprehensive rather than the existing temporary 'tolerable daily ...
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