European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion on the safety of BPA in babies bottles has been postponed. Jul 2010

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion on Bisphenol A (BPA) has been postponed until September 2010 (initially it was expected at the end of May). The CEP Panel did not manage to finalise and adopt a full opinion on BPA due to the high number of publications to review. In the meantime the EFSA CEP Panel provided the following information:in a letter to the European Commission, EFSA has indicated that the Panel, in its deliberations to date, would maintain the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) for BPA at 0.05 mg/kg bw per day. The Panel has also considered the Stump study, which was the scientific basis on which Denmark banned BPA in materials in contact with food for children aged 0-3 years. The Panel has concluded that the study does not provide evidence of BPA affecting neurobehavioural endpoints included in the study design and would therefore not lead the Panel to consider changing the TDI for BPA. The Panel ruled out the possibility of a low dose effect on learning ability as expressed in the Danish DTU Food Institute risk assessment.