FDA responds to BPA review
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Norris Alderson, FDA's associate commissioner for science, says in a Dec. 3 letter the agency and its Science Board agree that the draft assessment of bisphenol A use should focus on "dietary sources relevant to infants," including exposure from epoxy used in formula packaging. The letter, addressed to Barbara McNeil of the Science Board and Harvard Medical School, says that the board's peer review report recommends additional work relating to BPA exposure, health effects and proposed research. Alderson adds that FDA will work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other parties to develop additional biomonitoring data for infants and exposure assessments for infant formula packaging. The agency previously was criticized for suggesting that low levels of BPA transferred from food packaging are safe in children (1"The Tan Sheet" Nov. 10, 2008, In Brief)
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Norris Alderson, FDA's associate commissioner for science, says in a Dec. 3 letter the agency and its Science Board agree that the draft assessment of bisphenol A use should focus on "dietary sources relevant to infants," including exposure from epoxy used in formula packaging. The letter, addressed to Barbara McNeil of the Science Board and Harvard Medical School, says that the board's peer review report recommends additional work relating to BPA exposure, health effects and proposed research. Alderson adds that FDA will work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other parties to develop additional biomonitoring data for infants and exposure assessments for infant formula packaging. The agency previously was criticized for suggesting that low levels of BPA transferred from food packaging are safe in children (1 'The Tan Sheet' Nov. 10, 2008, In Brief). |