Tag: BPA
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California State Assembly Rejects Legislation Banning BPA
California legislators have reportedly rejected a bill (S.B. 797) that would have required manufacturers to remove by 2011 the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from food and beverage containers intended for children ages 3 and younger. Unable to garner the 41 votes needed to pass in the Assembly, the bill will reportedly come under reconsideration in…
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All Food Packaging Leaches Chemicals
The cover story from the latest Chemical & Engineering News details the challenges faced by food and drug makers to keep chemical leaching from product packaging and processing to a minimum. According to the article, even the most inert substances used in food packaging, such as glass, can leach chemicals because they are typically capped…
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Plaintiffs Claim Bisphenol A Found in “BPA-Free” Aluminum Reusable Bottles
Kentucky and Texas residents have filed a putative class action in federal court against SIGG Switzerland (USA), Inc. claiming that the company misrepresented that its aluminum reusable bottles were free of bisphenol A (BPA). Johnson v. SIGG Switzerland (USA), Inc., 09-669 (W.D. Ky., filed August 28, 2009). The complaint cites actions the company’s CEO took in…
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Meg Kissinger & Susanne Rust, “BPA Industry Fights Back: Public Relations Blitz Takes Cue from Tobacco Companies’ Past Tactics,” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, August 22, 2009
This article discusses a four-month Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel investigation into the initiatives allegedly undertaken by the plastics industry to forestall the proliferation of local, statewide and national restrictions on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food and beverage product packaging. According to the authors, “The industry has launched an unprecedented public relations blitz that uses many…
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FDA to Rule on BPA Regulation in Food Packaging by November 30
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will decide by November 30, 2009, whether the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is safe for use in food packaging. FDA Acting Deputy Commissioner and Chief Scientist Jesse Goodman has reportedly told the agency’s Science Board that a group of FDA scientists will conduct a new…
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Massachusetts Health Department Advises Parents to Avoid BPA Products
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has issued an advisory for bisphenol A (BPA), urging caretakers of children under two years old to avoid formula and breast milk storage products that contain the chemical. The health department has also advised pregnant and breastfeeding women to avoid using plastic food and beverage containers made with BPA,…
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FDA Committee Plans Meeting to Assess BPA, Discuss Science Upgrades
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Science Board has scheduled an August 17, 2009, public meeting to review the agency’s continuing assessment of the packaging chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in FDA-regulated products and discuss plans to increase research reviews at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CSFAN). See Federal Register, July 28, 2009.
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Trade Group Files False Advertising Suit over Plastic Water Bottle Claims
A trade group representing bottled water producers, distributors and suppliers has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Eco Canteen Inc., a stainless steel bottle manufacturer, “for engaging in a deliberate scare campaign to mislead and deceive the public” about the purported health and environmental risks associated with plastic bottle use. Int’l Bottled Water Ass’n…