NGO tests Bisphenol A (BPA) in Canned Foods

The Health Reporter: Potentially harmful levels of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), a known endocrine disruptor, were found in common canned foods. Researchers of the National Work Group for Safe Markets, a coalition of public health and environmental health groups, tested 50 cans for BPA contamination. BPA is the key compound in epoxy resin linings that keeps food fresher longer. The chemical lining also prevents the food from interacting with the metal and altering the taste.

"The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), however, affirms that…” there is no new science in the National Workgroup for Safe Markets’ report – all of the credible information in the report is well known to regulatory agencies and has been considered in their review and affirmation of the safety of BPA”.

Robert E. Brackett, GMA’s senior vice president and chief science and regulatory affairs officer said until more definitive regulatory agency studies are completed, GMA will rely on the current and recently reaffirmed regulatory determinations by FDA that foods in cans with linings that utilize BPA are safe."