EFSA’s comprehensive re-evaluation of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure and toxicity concludes that BPA poses no health risk to consumers of any age group (including unborn children, infants and adolescents) at current exposure levels. Exposure from the diet or from a combination of sources (diet, dust, cosmetics and thermal paper) is considerably under the safe level … Continue reading EFSA – No consumer health risk from bisphenol A exposure
Food recalls in EU – Week 2/2015
This week on the EU RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we can find the following notifications: 1. Alerts followed by a recall from consumers: - Industrial contaminants: benzo(a)pyrene (12.7 µg/kg - ppb) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (57.42 µg/kg - ppb) in sprats pate from Latvia, following an official control on the market. Notified by … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 2/2015
