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BCF Challenges French Restrictions on BPA-Based Materials in Food Packaging

Says BPA 'poses no health risks'

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By: Catherine Diamon

Director, Executive Internal Communications, GAF

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has joined other associations in calling for the European Commission to take action, now that the European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) has completed the latest comprehensive exposure assessment on Bisphenol A (BPA).   France introduced legislation on January 1, 2015 which suspended the use of BPA-based materials for packaging products intended to come into direct contact with food. The EFSA report reaffirms the global scientific opinion that BPA poses no...

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