BPA Ban Proposed in New Jersey

Joining the nearly dozen states that have enacted laws to restrict bisphenol
A (BPA) in food packaging—particularly with respect to children’s food and
beverage containers—New Jersey lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make it illegal to sell or distribute food and beverage containers intended for use by young children that contain the chemical.

The bill cites BPA studies alleging “cause for concern about the hazards of exposure to it, such as possible neural and behavioral effects caused by BPA in utero, and further concern that the chemical could cause problems in developing fetuses and young children.”

Introduced by Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) and known as
the “Child Food and Beverage Packaging Act,” the legislation would make it
“an unlawful consumer fraud practice for a person to sell, offer for sale or
distribute for sale in the state a food or beverage storage container made with
or composed of BPA and intended for use by young children.”