EU ROUND UP – PLASTICSEUROPE PUSHES BRUSSELS TO MAINTAIN CURRENT BPA CAP
May 10th, 2014
EUROPE’S plastics manufacturers association PlasticsEurope has called on the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to maintain its current total daily intake (TDI) maximum for bisphenol A (BPA), saying it will be justified by upcoming studies. The call was made by PlasticsEurope Dieter Beyer, representing its polycarbonate/bisphenol A Group, at an EFSA meeting on the topic, in Brussels.He said EFSA “should reconfirm the current TDI of 50 μg/kg-bw/day as a temporary TDI.” This was supported by a “range of defensible TDI values above 50 μg/kg-bw/day” ...
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