Following the work of the National Food Security Agency (ANSES) on health effects of bisphenol A, the National Assembly and the Senate adopted, in December 2012, a law aimed at the suspension of the manufacture, import, export and marketing of any packaging intended for food. containing bisphenol A(BPA).
As a first step, BPA was banned in all food containers for infants and children under 3 years old. But as of next January, all packaging, containers or utensils containing bisphenol A and intended to come into direct contact with foodstuffs are prohibited for sale. This includes soda cans.
Two weeks from the entry into force of the law, the producers of cans are therefore asking the government to postpone its application or at least a derogation for exports so as not to penalize them. “We are asking for this retreat so that customers have sufficient feedback compared to the aging tests in progress of other varnishes for cans”, indicated Philippe Vanheist, one of the managers of the Beverage box, the federation of this food sector.
BPA: what are the risks
In 2011, the National Food Safety Agency (ANSES) concluded on the existence of proven effects of bisphenol A on reproduction, mammary gland, metabolism, brain and animal behavior. and suspected effects in humans (reproductive effects, on metabolism and cardiovascular pathologies).
These effects could be observed even at low levels of exposure, during sensitive phases of an individual’s development. Thus, ANSES recommended a reduction in the exposure of the population to bisphenol A, in particular by its substitution in materials intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, in particular for the most sensitive populations (infants, young children). , pregnant and breastfeeding women).
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