The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has announced that it has reevaluated its opinion on dietary exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), which consumers are exposed to in food through its use in the manufacture of certain packaging such as bottles and cans.
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Following what it described as an extensive review, EFSA’s scientific AFC Panel concluded that the setting of a full rather than a temporary Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) was now appropriate.
However, people’s dietary exposure to BPA, including that of infants and children, is estimated to be well below the new TDI, EFSA said.
The panel considered the strength of the scientific evidence now available and the remaining uncertainties and included an uncertainty factor of 100 into its calculations to reach the TDI, which EFSA said was common scientific practice. On this basis the panel established a full TDI of 0.05 mg/kg body weight. The previous temporary TDI, set in 2002, included an uncertainty factor of 500, but this has been reduced due to the substantial scientific evidence now available, EFSA added.
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