COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Food safety

EU General Court confirms ECHA decision qualifying bisphenol A as endocrine disruptor

Brussels, 20/09/2019 (Agence Europe)

In a judgement delivered on Friday 20 September (Case T-637/16), the General Court of the European Union dismissed a second appeal brought by PlasticsEurope challenging a July 2017 decision of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) that the substance bisphenol A has endocrine disrupting properties that might have serious effects on human health.

PlasticsEurope, an association that represents the interests of manufacturers and importers of plastic products in the European Union—including four...