Belgium Bans BPA in Childcare Food Contact Products
In February 2012, SGS informed you that the Belgium Senate approved a mind to prohibit the use of BPA in the planning relative to certain childcare articles]1]. Herewith 24 September 2012, the Belgium Preceptive Journal published a new Act to prohibit BPA in pabulum make advances containers for children towards to the age of 3]2]. The prevalent law was elected by acclamation per parliament on 4 September 2012 and amended the Law of 24 January 1977 on the protection in relation with health from food and other products. The effective cycle of the smart universal truth is 1 January 2013. Belgium is the fourth member state in the EU to commence some form of ban prevalent BPA in specific products for young children; joining Austria, Denmark and France. Highlights of the new law and a comparison on the restriction of BPA for the EU, Austria, Denmark and France are summarized below.<\p>
European Union General orders (EU) 10\2011 on food contact plastics - Equal to or less than 0.6 mg\kg (migration) - Effective date: 31 December 2012<\p>
Regulation (EU) 321\2011 thereby polycarbonate infant feeding bottles for household rise to the eldership of 1 - BPA prohibited - Enchanting since: June 2011<\p>
Austria Grub Safety and Pantophagist Protection Behave, LMSVG, on pacifiers and teethers - BPA prohibited - Effective backward: January 2012<\p>
Denmark Danish Veterinary and Food Administration in respect to food contact materials for children up to the maintenance apropos of 3 - BPA paradoxical - Gutsy since: 2010<\p>
Belgium Passage of 4 Sept 2012 on food go-between materials for grandchildren alert to the age of 3 - BPA prohibited - Effective collect: 1 January 2013<\p>
France Exode 2010-729 on baby bottles - BPA left out - Effective since: 2010<\p>
Ad infinitum the SGS global network of laboratories, SGS is able to settle preliminaries a range of services , added to analytical testing and consultancy for BPA now Belgium and international markets. <\p>
Resources: ]1] SafeGuardNo. 023\12 , €EU - Belgian Senate Approves Disenchantment with respect to BPA intake Certain Food Contact Products€ ]2] MoniteurBelge - BelgischStaatsblad , 24 Level 2012<\p>
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