Creation of the label “ticket without bisphenol A”
The MEDDE (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy) has put INERIS in charge of creating a label to certify bisphenol A-free thermal tickets.
PET, an alternative to polycarbonate for water cooler containers.
PETAINER recently introduced to the market the PetainerCooler ™ water cooler container guaranteed without BPA.
Système U opts for carton packages for some canned vegetable-based preparations.
The Système U group has substituted the packaging for a selection of its canned dried vegetable-based preparations, switching from cans to a Tetra Recart® carton packaging by Tetra Pak, which is free from bisphenol A.
Publication of a "technical-economic" datasheet from INERIS dedicated to bisphenol F and bisphenol S.
INERIS is publishing a "technical-economic" datasheet pertaining to the main uses, quantities produced and emitted into the environment, and alternatives to bisphenol F and bisphenol S.
Ecozen®, an alternative to polycarbonate.
Ecozen® is a partially bio-sourced polymer developed by SK Chemicals (a South Korean company) for substituting the polycarbonate used in the manufacturing of food containers and bottles for cosmetic products.
France submitted a restriction dossier on BPA in thermal paper to ECHA.
On the basis of the most recent data compiled by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development & Energy submitted a proposal under REACH for the Europe-wide restriction of the use of bisphenol A in thermal paper (credit card slips, bank receipts, logistics labels, etc.).
Tetramethyl Cyclobutane Diol (CBDO), a potential substitute for BPA in epoxy resins.
A university laboratory from Massachusetts, USA, has synthesised an epoxy resin using CBDO instead of BPA, and is now seeking to test this resin on an industrial scale in food tin applications.
Bio-sourced polyester extracted from tomatoes could substitute BPA.
As part of the European project Biocopac, a bio-sourced polyester extracted from tomato skin is being studied with a view to developing a substitute for BPA-based epoxy resins.
Enzymatic synthesis of epoxy resins from bio-sourced tannins.
The French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the chemical engineering school ENSCM Montpellier are conducting research on a new process that will make it possible to avoid using Bisphenol A in the synthesis of epoxy resins, through the use of bio-sourced tannins. The process also makes it possible to substitute epichlorohydrin (which is classed as a carcinogen) with an enzyme when synthesising the resin.
New regulations concerning BPA in food packaging in the USA.
In July 2013, the FDA banned the use of BPA in epoxy resins in infant formula containers.