The Austrian plastics producer said that by the end of March 2014, all production lines will be changed over to "BPA-free", as the company builds upon several years of experience processing BPA-free raw materials.
"For us, innovation means making life better through creating sophisticated packaging solutions, one product at a time. While doing so, protecting the health of consumers is of the highest priority. Therefore, as the leading company in the packaging industry, we are completely changing over to BPS-free materials used in the production of food packaging," said Greiner Packaging International chief executive Willi Eibner.
Public discussion on the chemical substance BPA is contributing to the fact that an increasing number of governmental authorities are passing laws and regulations to ban it.
Recently, France has caused a stir throughout the EU by banning BPA as of 2015 for use in all food packaging, and the country backs its prohibition throughout the EU. Sweden is also preparing a sweeping ban on BPA.
