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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10508

3 December 2011
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) consumers
EFSA confirms bisphenol opinion

Brussels, 02/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has confirmed its opinion on bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used mainly in the manufacture of plastics and resins and already banned in babies' bottles: at this stage, the 2010 scientific opinion which confirmed the tolerable daily intake (TDI) of 0.05 mg/kg body weight still holds and does not require re-assessment. That is the gist of the statement published by EFSA on 1 December, in response to a request made...

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