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denmark imposed a temporary ban on the chemical in food contact materials for children aged three and under based on an assessment of the study by stump et al. danish scientists said the research raised “uncertainties” over the effect the chemical on learning abilities,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],
last thursday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], efsa said that it had found no convincing evidence that would lead it to change the tdi of 0.05mg/kg bodyweight after a panel of experts spent six months evaluating hundreds of studies and scientific papers on the substance. the agency rejected the validity of the findings from the stump study - which denmark used as the basis for their ban.
but the danish food ministry said efsa's opinion had not provided a robust enough endorsement of the chemical’s safety for its experts to recommend lifting the unilateral band introduced by the country in march 2010.
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france,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which earlier this year outlawed the use of the substance in polycarbonate baby bottles, said over the weekend that it would also be maintaining its bpa ban despite the efsa announcement.
the danes made the statement after confirming there would be no immediate lifting of its outlawing of bpa in food contact materials for children aged three in the wake of the efsa opinion published last week. europe’s top food safety body said there was no scientific reason to change the tolerable daily intake (tdi) for the chemical.