Bisphenol A traces found in baby food

Health Canada: "Health Canada's findings covered 122 baby foods prepackaged in glass jars with metal lids, representing seven brands by six different companies. The baby food was bought in Ottawa last August.

It found the BPA levels in different baby food products ranged from 0.19 parts per billion to a high of 7.22 parts per billion in one particular brand of strained organic carrots.

The variation could be due to the differences in metal lid coatings or sterilization conditions — temperature and duration — used for different baby food products, the report said.

'The results of this survey clearly indicate that exposure to BPA through the consumption of jarred baby food products would be extremely low,' the Health Canada analysis says.

'The low levels of BPA found in jarred baby products available for sale in Canada confirms Health Canada's previous assessment conclusion that the current dietary exposure to BPA through food packaging uses is not expected to pose a health risk to the consumer.'"