Recently, the Sweden Government has required the Swedish National Food Administration and the Swedish Chemicals Agency to jointly evaluate the merits and feasibility of introducing a national BPA ban in some plastic products. Special emphasis is to be placed on gauging the risks, if any, BPA poses to children. The organizations are due to report their recommendations to the Swedish Ministry of the Environment by the end of March 2011.
EFSA said that its verdict on the safety of BPA was originally scheduled at the end of May 2010, but because of the publications the (CEF) Panel retrieved exceeding 800, the screening process has been taken considerably more time than anticipated, therefore the verdict would in fact be delayed until September this year after rescheduled.
Widely used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastics, including food contact materials such as baby bottles, BPA has been linked to a number of possible health problems. Study indicates that BPA is an endocrine disruptor, causing endocrine disorder; genetic mutation, effecting normal development and reducing reproductive capable.
In Recent years, every country of the EU has banned on BPA successiveness, such as Denmark and France, and it is considered that Sweden is the last EU country to consider banning bisphenol A (BPA).
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