France lifts ban on trade of food contact materials with BPA

France's highest constitutional authority, Constitutional Council, has repealed parts of the law imposed in December 2012, which banned the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact material. Restrictions on manufacturing and export of food contact material with the chemical compound have been removed under the new ruling.
The ban on import and marketing of the products within the country is still to be maintained. These modified rules will allow the food contact material manufacturers to use BPA for international trade purposes only, and not for domestic use. PlasticsEurope will continue to fight the legal battle until the ban is entirely annulled (Packaging Gateway, 22 September 2015).
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