This Wednesday, a decree published in the Official Journal makes it compulsory from next year for manufacturers of products containing substances classified as endocrine disruptors to inform consumers of the presence of these substances.
- This obligation will come into force on January 1, 2022.
- The information should be available online and freely accessible to consumers.
- The substances identified are bisphenol A, bisphenol B and TNPP.
More transparency. From next year it becomes mandatory for manufacturers of products containing substances classified as endocrine disruptors to “make available to the public” information on the presence of these substances. Described in a decree published this Wednesday in the Official Journalthis obligation aims “provide citizens with transparent information”, states the decree.
A bond at 1er January 2022
The information should be available online and freely accessible to consumers. These should contain “the list of these products and the substances that each of them contains”, provides the text. He adds that this provision will allow collaborative platforms, such as Yuka, Open Food Facts or QuelCosmectic, “to use this information and thus better inform the consumer”.
This obligation will come into force on January 1, 2022. It is an integral part of the anti-waste law of February 10, 2020. It targets food products, but not only. This also concerns cosmetics, toys, pesticides for agricultural, human or veterinary use, medical devices but not drugs.
Adverse effects on reproduction or child development
To define what an endocrine disruptor is, the decree refers to substances “of which the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) qualifies the endocrine disrupting properties as proven, presumed or suspected”. These are molecules capable of interfering with the hormonal system and causing harmful effects on the reproduction or development of children. This is why pregnancy, early childhood and adolescence are crucial moments in life and particularly sensitive to these substances.
Specifically, the substances identified are bisphenol A, bisphenol B and TNPP (a substance used as an antioxidant and stabilizer in plastics and rubbers). Others such as bisphenol S, sometimes used as a substitute for bisphenol A, has been considered harmful to the brain by several studies. Dozens of other substances are or will be the subject of research to study their potential as endocrine disruptors.
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