Taiwan to Prohibit BPA in Baby Bottles

HONG KONG, June 13, 2013 (Press-News.org) According to the amendment gazette published on 9 April (1), there are amendments to Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the "Sanitation Standard for Food Utensils, Containers and Packages", including:

1 - Addition of new requirement on prohibition of BPA in baby bottles in article 5;
2 - Relocation of the general specification for food utensils, containers and packaging to article 6; and
3 - Deletion on limits of BPA in dissolution testing on polycarbonate, polyphenylene sulfone and polyethersulfone for baby bottles.

The amended provisions will become effective on 1 September 2013 for baby bottles manufactured and imported into Taiwan. From 1 March 2014, the amended provisions will apply to all baby bottles on the market.

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Resources

(1) The amendment on Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the "Sanitation Standard for Food Utensils, Containers and Packages", DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EXECUTIVE YUAN Order, vol. 019/063, issue date: 9 April 2013 (http://gazette.nat.gov.tw/EG_FileManager/eguploadpub/eg019063/ch08/type1/gov70/num26/OEg.pdf)

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