PUTRAJAYA - POLYCARBONATE infant milk bottles containing the
chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) will be outlawed from March 1 next
year.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the Cabinet had
decided to ban such milk bottles due to BPA's risk to infant
hormone systems.
'The enforcement will be made in stages and the industry is
given one year to comply with the decision by making changes to
their machines and buying new raw materials,' he told a press
conference on Monday.
Datuk Liow urged parents and guardians of infants and children
to make the switch now to bottles marked 'BPA-free' which were
widely available in the local market.
He said the decision for the ban was made as there was no
scientific evidence which proved that BPA bottles were safe for use
by high-risk groups namely infants and children.
'This action was taken in case BPA could definitely affect the
hormone and other body function systems,' he said.
-- THE STAR/ANN