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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
Continue Reading New FDA commissioner has a full plate when it comes to chemistry of food safety
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
Continue Reading Groups petition FDA to restrict bisphenol A in food packaging for harmful effects
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
Continue Reading FDA’s food additive regulations fail to address toxic chemicals in food
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
Continue Reading More data published from BPA study; results ‘support the safety of BPA’
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
Continue Reading BPA rules in European Union now in force; limit strengthened 12-fold
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
Continue Reading Heavy metals found in 40 percent of protein powders tested
Bisphenol-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
Continue Reading Tests of Canned Food Brands Reveal Most Have Controversial Chemical in Can Lining
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
Continue Reading Denmark’s National Food Institute Says Europe’s BPA Safe Levels Need Work
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
Continue Reading EFSA Risk Assessment on Bisphenol A Finds No Consumer Health Risks
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
Continue Reading CA Court Decision Will Place BPA Back on Harmful Chemicals List
