EU ROUND UP – EFSA PROPOSES TIGHTER LIMITS FOR BISPHENOL A
November 1st, 2013
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has provisionally recommended that exposure levels to food consumers from the plastic packaging chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) be lowered sharply. This follows a review of more than 450 studies, which identified “likely” damage to consumers’ livers, kidneys and potential harm to mammary glands “linked to exposure to the chemical.” As a result, EFSA is suggesting the tolerable daily intake (TDI) for BPA be lowered from 50 µg/kg of body weight (bw) per day (or 0.05 mg/kg/bw/day) to 5 µg/kg bw/day (0.005 ...
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