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FSANZ abandons standard for migration of food packaging chemicals

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Food Standards Australia New Zealand has abandoned a proposal to insert a detailed food packaging standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. In announcing the abandonment of its Proposal...

Campbell’s Soup to undergo packaging transformation, no more BPA

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Campbell’s Soup Company has announced it will be completing a packaging transformation  by mid-2017 in response to consumer concerns. The decision will affect all of its canned soups. Changes to the...

US study finds high BPA levels in children associated with higher obesity risk

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Children who have higher levels of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical previously used in many products for children, such as baby bottles and plastic toys, had higher levels of obesity and adverse levels of...

Australian scientists urge caution over latest BPA study

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Australian scientists have urged caution in interpreting the results of a new study that suggests a chemical used in food packaging may disrupt the development of young brains and be linked to autism. Researchers...

Australian scientist questions study, findings about BpA in monkey mammary glands

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A new US study, published this week, has found that fetal exposure to the plastic additive bisphenol A, or BpA, alters mammary gland development in primates. The research appears in the latest Proceedings...

FDA rejects call to eliminate BpA from food packaging in US

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected a petition filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) seeking a ban on bisphenol A (BpA) being used in food packaging in the US. The FDA...

BpA and canned foods: latest Harvard study reignites the concerns

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The latest study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, in the USA, has raised fresh debate over the regulation of Bisphenol A (BpA), a chemical compound often used as protective lining...

Food ministers debate labelling, nutrition, BPA and caffeine

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The health implications of caffeinated energy drinks, improvement of public awareness of the nutrition content of take away food and recent international developments and efforts made by Australian and...

No evidence to ban Bisphenol A, says WHO

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An international panel of 30 World Health Organisation (WHO) experts has found there is no scientific evidence indicating that Bisphenol A (BPA) should be banned from food products as a public health measure.The...

Study: BPA in food widespread, but levels low

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A US study has conducted an analysis of BPA levels in American food, revealing that almost two-thirds of foods tested contained traces of the chemical, but at levels 1000 times less than accepted limits. Researchers...