Scientific experts on EFSA’s Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF) consider overall that the information in the report on health effects of BPA does not change the views expressed by the Panel in its 2010 opinion on the safety of BPA.
The Panel explains that Anses’ work was limited to a hazard identification while EFSA has carried out a full risk assessment of BPA. The tolerable daily intake (TDI) for bisphenol A, first established by EFSA in 2006, is set to protect all human populations for lifetime exposure to this substance through the diet.
EFSA has an ongoing programme of monitoring of scientific developments on BPA. Following a preliminary review of new literature, the CEF Panel confirms, as in 2010, that uncertainties remain about the possible relevance to human health of some BPA-related effects observed in rodents at low dose levels. The Panel will reconsider its opinion following further evaluations of new studies and after new data from low dose studies being conducted in the US become available in 2012.
In order to further investigate the possible divergences between Anses and EFSA’s conclusions and identify uncertainties in the data, the CEF panel has undertaken a review of new studies emerging on BPA from its ongoing monitoring of the scientific literature.
Source: EFSA
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