EFSA and BfR issue re-evaluations of Bisphenol A

Feb 2024 (update). At the beginning of February 2024, the European Commission published a draft regulation to ban the intentional use of bisphenol A in food contact materials. Following a comment period, the EU Commission will discuss the draft regulation. A timely conclusion of the legislative procedure is planned.

This is in response to the scientific opinion published on 19 April 2023 by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on the reassessment of public health risks associated with the presence of bisphenol A (BPA) in food. In this opinion, a tolerable daily intake (TDI) of 0.2 ng BPA/kg body weight per day was set. This means a reduction of the previous temporary TDI of 4 µg/kg bw by a factor of 20,000.

As there are currently no analytical methods that can reliably quantify bisphenol A in food or the migration of bisphenol A from food contact materials at such low concentrations, consumers are to be protected from further exposure to bisphenol A on the basis of this regulation.

Analysis of bisphenols at Eurofins

The Eurofins laboratory network offers you the analysis of bisphenol A and further bisphenols in packaging materials and in food. A decrease of the limits of quantification (LOQ) is currently ongoing in order to be able to better assess a possible exhaustion of the lower TDI.

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EFSA and BfR issue re-evaluations of Bisphenol A

Analysis of bisphenols at Eurofins

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