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New FDA commissioner has a full plate when it comes to chemistry of food safety

By Tom Neltner on February 16, 2022

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The U.S. Senate on Feb. 15 voted to return Dr. Robert Califf to the role of FDA commissioner, bringing needed leadership to an agency that plays a vital role in protecting public…
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Groups petition FDA to restrict bisphenol A in food packaging for harmful effects

By News Desk on January 28, 2022

A coalition of physicians, scientists, and public health and environmental organizations Thursday sent a formal petition to the Food and Drug Administration calling on the agency to rescind its approvals for bisphenol A (BPA) in…
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FDA’s food additive regulations fail to address toxic chemicals in food

By Guest Contributor on June 15, 2020
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Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. This …
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More data published from BPA study; results ‘support the safety of BPA’

By News Desk on October 3, 2018

More research has been released by the United States National Toxicology Program (NTP) as part of a landmark study on the safety of bisphenol A (BPA).

The Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on BPA…
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BPA rules in European Union now in force; limit strengthened 12-fold

By News Desk on September 16, 2018

New rules that tighten restrictions on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials in the European Union have entered into force this month.

The regulation lowers the specific migration limit (SML), which…
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Heavy metals found in 40 percent of protein powders tested

By Coral Beach on February 28, 2018
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Healthy eating enthusiasts may want to reconsider their protein powder choices in light of a new study that shows 40 percent of 134 brands tested have…
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Tests of Canned Food Brands Reveal Most Have Controversial Chemical in Can Lining

By James Andrews on June 3, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-canned-food-choice-variety-bean-supermarket-shelves-photo-was-taken-april-image30512243Bisphenol-A, or BPA, a chemical component found in plastic bottles and canned food liners, has long courted controversy over its alleged health risks. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has maintained that it …
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Denmark’s National Food Institute Says Europe’s BPA Safe Levels Need Work

By News Desk on February 24, 2015

Those epoxy resins used to line metal food cans and some plastic containers are safe at current permitted levels, with some European bickering still going on about where lower limits should be placed. They may…
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EFSA Risk Assessment on Bisphenol A Finds No Consumer Health Risks

By News Desk on January 23, 2015

On the heels of the 2014 favorable safety assessment for bisphenol A (BPA), another major reevaluation has found that the epoxy resins used to line metal food cans pose no health risk to consumers of…
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CA Court Decision Will Place BPA Back on Harmful Chemicals List

By News Desk on December 24, 2014

A California court recently upheld findings that the plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is known to cause reproductive health problems. In 2013, the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that it intended…
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