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The Choice is Yours
Handi-Craft, the maker of Dr. Brown’s Natural Flow baby bottles, is committed
to designing safe, high-quality, and well-engineered products with the comfort
of babies and moms in mind. As part of that commitment, we provide parents
with
a variety of bottle types and materials so anyone who wants the benefits of the
only fully-vented bottle on the market can have a bottle that meets their
needs.
Our original bottle is made of durable polycarbonate plastic. Our newest
bottles, which do not contain bisphenol-A (BPA), come in glass and
polypropylene
plastic. All three bottle types feature the unique internal vent system that
makes Dr. Brown’s bottles popular with parents and babies. Our glass and
polypropylene bottles maintain the same unique attributes of our popular
polycarbonate plastic Dr. Brown’s Natural Flow baby bottles, including the
reduction of feeding problems like colic, spit-up, burping and gas. To
identify
our bottle types, look for these symbols on our packaging:
There is increasing interest from retailers and parents for a choice in
bottle materials. With Dr. Brown’s baby bottles, parents have choices that
allow
them to continue to use our bottles for the venting system it is known for, in
the material they prefer.
During the week of April 14, 2008, upon the request of the Commissioner of
Food and Drugs, FDA formed an agency-wide BPA (Bisphenol A) task force to
facilitate cross-agency review of current research and new information on BPA
for all FDA regulated products. As a result of this review, the task force will
make recommendations to the Commissioner regarding next steps.
As part of the evaluation, the FDA Task Force is reviewing the concerns
presented in the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Draft Brief published on
April 14, 2008 by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. We also are reviewing
the concerns presented in the Canadian draft risk assessment released in April
2008 and are coordinating closely with Health Canada and the Canadian Ministry
of the Environment and Minister of Health.
FDA has been reviewing the
emerging literature on BPA on a continuous basis. For example, FDA has
recently
completed a review of the available biological fate data and two recently
completed rodent multigeneration reproductive studies; these studies did not
indicate a safety concern for BPA at current exposure levels. In addition, FDA
is conducting a review of the data on neural and behavioral effects of BPA
exposure.
Based on our ongoing review, we believe there is a large body of evidence
that indicates that FDA-regulated products containing BPA currently on the
market are safe and that exposure levels to BPA from food contact materials,
including for infants and children, are below those that may cause health
effects. However, we will continue to consider new research and information
as
they become available.
This position is consistent with two risk assessments for BPA conducted by
the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Food Additives,
Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food and the
Japanese
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Each of
these
documents considered the question of a possible low-dose effect and concluded
that no current health risk exists for BPA at the current exposure level.
Message for Consumers
At this time, FDA is not recommending that anyone discontinue using products
that contain BPA while we continue our risk assessment process. However,
concerned consumers should know that several alternatives to polycarbonate baby
bottles exist, including glass baby
bottles. Other Government Web Sites
* National
Toxicology Program: Center for the Evaluation of Risk to Human Reproduction
(CERHR)
* Chemical
Substances in Batch 2 of the Challenge (Government of Canada)
* European
Food Safety Authority
Other Government Web Sites
* National
Toxicology Program: Center for the Evaluation of Risk to Human Reproduction
(CERHR)
* Chemical
Substances in Batch 2 of the Challenge (Government of Canada)
* European
Food Safety Authority
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