UK Food Standards Agency warns packaging firms to prepare for post-Brexit divergence in BPA rules
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The U.K. Food Standards Agency has issued guidance advising food-contact packaging businesses to prepare for diverging regulations on bisphenol A (BPA) between the European Union, Northern Ireland, and Great Britain following Brexit. The factsheet outlines the current EU framework restricting BPA in food-contact materials and explains how these rules apply differently across the U.K. after Brexit. Drinks producers selling to the EU or Northern Ireland may need to review their packaging, coatings, and compliance records ahead of upcoming restrictions.
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· 3 pulledThe U.K. Food Standards Agency said Thursday that businesses using food-contact packaging should prepare for the European Union's rules on bisphenol A, or BPA, and for the different compliance picture now in place between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
In a factsheet published on June 25, the agency set out the current EU framework restricting BPA in food-contact materials and explained how those rules affect the U.K. after Brexit.
Drinks producers selling to the EU or Northern Ireland may need to review packaging, coatings and compliance records ahead of key restrictions
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