California’s Prop 65 monster must be fed and this time it has set its hungry sights on BPA, the notorious chemical used in the production of plastics and epoxy resins for food and drink packaging.  If listed, companies using BPA should consider phasing out their inventories, transitioning to different food storage containers and making their supply chains and foreign suppliers aware/compliant as well.  You may remember BPA from past controversies involving infant formulas and baby bottles but now BPA is back in the news as California’s … READ MORE

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it will not ban BPA, the on-again off-again controversial chemical used in a variety of food packaging applications.  This announcement from FDA is the most recent in a long string of protests, promises, and petitions.  This time, FDA issued a slightly anti-climactic, “it appears safe but we still don’t know.”  When BPA issues were first raised by consumers, FDA initially claimed that they could not regulate it and essentially absolved themselves from ongoing participation in the … READ MORE

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