(1) Ayam Brand is compliant with the most stringent regulations in the world covering BPA and all Ayam Brand products are totally safe for consumption.
Most cans come with linings to protect food from contact with the metal used in the can. For decades, these linings have been made of epoxy, containing BPA (Bisphenol A).
The world’s most stringent regulation (EU directive 2004/19/EC) has established that it is totally safe to eat canned foods with a BPA specific migration limit (SML) of up to 0.6 ppm (or mg/kg) of food.
Independent laboratory analyses have demonstrated that for most of Ayam Brand’s reference products there is no migration of BPA to food even after a can’s expiry date. Certain products with more acidic food contents may show some BPA migration, but this has always been analyzed as below the stringent limit of 0.6 ppm.
(2) Ayam Brand is switching ALL its canned products to BPA-FREE CANS
Ayam Brand took the decision at the beginning of 2012 to switch all its products to cans with linings containing neither BPA nor any similar family of components such as BPF, BPS etc. Ayam Brand is therefore setting even higher standards in this regard than consumers’ expectation.
At the time the decision was taken, however, alternative BPA-free linings were not readily available. Ayam Brand took it upon itself to extensively test alternative linings with Real Time Aging analysis to ensure they were totally safe. It took several years for the can industry to formulate the new linings and for Ayam Brand to test them.
Ayam Brand is progressively switching to cans with BPA-FREE linings, as soon as tests and analyses prove the new linings are safe for each category of products.
- Coconut products are now in packaging containing BPA-FREE linings.
- The tuna range is in the process of completing the switch.
- Sardines, mackerel and baked beans will be switched in 2017.
All other products in different packaging (like glass jars or Tetra Pak) are BPA-FREE.
