Food & Beverage Litigation & Regulatory Update

Tag: BPA

  • California Posts Bisphenol A Assessment Online in Prop. 65 Proceeding

    California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has published hazard identification materials for bisphenol A in advance of a July 15, 2009, meeting at which the agency will consider whether to list the substance under Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) as a chemical known to the state to cause reproductive harm. Written comments are…

  • Research Suggests Phthalates Linked to Child Obesity

    A long-term study by the Mount Sinai Medical Center for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research has reportedly suggested a link between childhood obesity and endocrine disruptors, including phthalates and bisphenol A. Part of a study titled “Growing Up Healthy in East Harlem,” the project followed 520 children ages 6 to 8 for five…

  • Advocacy Groups Urge Food and Beverage Manufacturers Not to Use BPA in Packaging

    Green Century Capital Management, an investment advisory firm focused on environmentally responsible companies, and As You Sow, an advocacy group that promotes corporate accountability, have issued a new report urging food and beverage manufacturers to stop using the packaging chemical bisphenol A (BPA) or risk possible repercussions in the marketplace. The report claims that 14…

  • Health Canada Expected to Declare BPA Hazardous to Human Health

    According to a news source, Health Canada is about to become the first country to formally place bisphenol A (BPA) on its toxic substances list and prohibit its use in baby bottles. An official announcement in the Canada Gazette is reportedly imminent, although nothing on the government agency’s website confirms this report. Health Minister Tony…

  • Congress Continues to Consider Food Safety, Nutrition and Wellness Bills; Out on Recess

    The 111th Congress is now on recess until April 20, 2009, but before legislators left Washington, D.C. for their district offices, they introduced several more bills relating to food safety, nutrition or wellness. They include: H.R. 1869 – Introduced April 2, 2009, by Representative James McGovern (D-Mass.), this bill would require the president to convene…

  • Sunoco Initiates Action to Stop Use of BPA in Products for Children

    In a letter to investors, a Sunoco spokesperson reportedly stated that the gas and chemical maker will not sell bisphenol A (BPA) to companies for use in food and beverage containers for children younger than age 3. Referring to the company’s plan to require customers to guarantee that BPA will not be used in this…

  • Food, Health and Safety Issues Continue to Attract Congressional Attention

    As members of the 111th Congress actively consider how to address food-safety issues and debate in committee whether splitting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in two would best reform federal oversight, new bills addressing food health and safety continue to be introduced. The most recent include: H.R. 1324 – Introduced March 5, 2009, by…

  • Suffolk County Legislature May Ban BPA in Baby Bottles

    A Suffolk County, New York, legislative committee on March 3, 2009, voted unanimously to prohibit the packaging chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from polycarbonate baby bottles. According to published reports, the bill goes before the full Suffolk County Legislature next week. The vote would reportedly ban BPA from baby bottles and cups sold in the county…