Almost all the food and beverage cans feature epoxy resins in the form of protective linings for a variety of canned foods and beverages and as a coating on metal lids for glass jars and bottles, including containers used for infant formula. However, epoxy resins have come under scrutiny because their foundational building block is bisphenol A (BPA).
In the first part of the report, we saw in detail the coating industry’s connection to Bisphenol A (BPA) and the regulatory status w.r.t. BPA. In the second part of this report, we are presenting the BPA-free solutions that were shared by SpecialChem Community Members.
Read on to know more about:
» Alternative Technologies to Epoxy Can Coatings
» Existing Commercial Alternatives – Arkema, Evonik, Hempel, Croda and many more
» Ongoing Research & Development