FAQs
At Clover Leaf, we pride ourselves on our extensive knowledge of seafood and our willingness to provide information. Here are a few frequently asked questions. Please select a category and click on a question below.
Questions - BPA
Answers
1) What is Bisphenol A?
Bisphenol A (BPA) plays an important role in acting as an additional safety barrier to insure the product is completely sealed. The safety of BPA has been extensively tested by regulatory agencies, academic and scientific institutions, and industry scientists for more than four decades. These tests have demonstrated that the potential human exposure to BPA is extremely small and poses no known risk to human health.
While some Clover Leaf packaging contains trace amounts of Bisphenol A, it continues to be recognized as safe by government bodies worldwide, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.K. Food Standards Agency, the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Food, the Japanese Ministry for Health, Labour and Welfare and other regulatory agencies worldwide.
Health Canada, however, has recently added BPA to the toxic substances list. All of our products meet the current guidelines, and Clover Leaf Seafoods is in the process of testing the latest technology and research findings for other coatings, ensuring our consumers continue to enjoy the safest products available. Clover Leaf’s goal is to replace BPA linings by the end of 2012.
If you would like more information on Bisphenol A, please visit http://www.bisphenol-a.org/
Thank you for your interest in our products.
2) What is the latest on Bisphenol A?
An international panel of experts concluded that food is by far the main source of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure and that other sources are of minor relevance, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said in a release on November 9th, 2010 in Geneva, Rome.
BPA is migrating from food packaging, such as plastic containers (including baby bottles) and coated food cans, into the food. Other less important sources of BPA are house dust, soil or toys, dental treatments and thermal papers (e.g. cash register receipts).
The experts were also able to model circulating levels of BPA in the human body, which are very low, indicating that BPA is not accumulated in the body and is rapidly eliminated through urine.
A few recent experimental and epidemiological studies found associations between low BPA exposure levels and some adverse health outcomes. The meeting concluded that, at this stage, it is difficult to interpret the relevance of these studies in the light of current knowledge of this compound. Until these associations can be confirmed, initiation of public health measures would be premature.
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