EFSA has announced that a working group of scientific experts will start evaluating recent toxicological data on the food contact material bisphenol A (BPA) this month.
EFSA’s Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) will then re-assess the potential hazards of BPA in food and review the temporary safe level set in EFSA’s previous full risk assessment from 2015. The new assessment should be available by 2020.
The Authority has also extended the deadline for the submission of comments to it call for data for the hazard assessment of BPA. All new relevant new studies and data on BPA published since 31 December 2012 can be submitted to EFSA for possible inclusion in this upcoming review of BPA safety.
The closing date for submissions is 15 October 2018.