Summary of FDA’s Current Perspective on BPA in Food Contact Applications
"In the fall of 2014, FDA experts from across the agency, specializing in toxicology, analytical chemistry, endocrinology, epidemiology, and other fields, completed a four-year review of more than 300 scientific studies. The FDA review has not found any information in the evaluated studies to prompt a revision of FDA’s safety assessment of BPA in food packaging at this time.
"FDA’s current perspective, based on its most recent safety assessment, is that BPA is safe at the current levels occurring in foods. Based on FDA’s ongoing safety review of scientific evidence, the available information continues to support the safety of BPA for the currently approved uses in food containers and packaging."
(http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm064437.htm)
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"On January 21st, 2015, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reanalyzed the available data on BPA and concluded that the present uses of the chemical pose no health risk to consumers of any age group at current exposure levels. After reviewing the data, EFSA established a new tolerable daily intake value of 4 µg/kg-day; however, based on the available research, they saw no evidence of adverse health effects at, or below, 4 µg/kg-day.
"EFSA's conclusion is in agreement with what was recently reached by the FDA; however, EFSA examined a much broader body of data than the FDA, including exposures from the diet, drinking water, as well as inhalation and dermal exposures resulting from BPA in food, dust, cosmetics, and thermal paper. EFSA also examined atypical exposures such as those resulting from the use of BPA in epoxy resins used to line or repair piping systems."
(http://www.cardnochemrisk.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=entry&id=127&Itemid=2)
