Can we drink tea in bamboo cup?

english.nvwa.nl - Advice from BuRO on the health risks of bamboo cups

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Bamboo cups are popular as reusable cup for coffee and tea. When drinking hot beverages from bamboo cups, there is a risk that formaldehyde is released into the drink. The current limit can be exceeded. Furthermore, bamboo is not authorised as part of plastic cups. Therefore, BuRO advises the minister for Medical Care and Sport, amongst other things, to inform consumers about this finding and the NVWA to ban these types of food contact materials from the market.

To the Minister for Medical Care and Sport

The current SML for formaldehyde (15 mg/kg) offers insufficient protection for children’s tableware. The necessary action should be taken to adjust this SML so that it offers sufficient protection.

To the Inspector-General of the NVWA

As long as there is no new SML, action should be taken against violations of the current SML for formaldehyde (15 mg/kg) and melamine (2.5 mg/kg) in FCM made of melamine resin. Moreover, consumer articles for young children should be tested for the migration of melamine and formaldehyde. The risks of bamboo cups should be actively communicated on the NVWA website. Plastic FCM containing the unauthorised additives bamboo and/corn should be banned from the Dutch market.

Background

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has recently conducted a market study to investigate the migration of formaldehyde from bamboo cups. Since a number of excessive violations of the migration limit for formaldehyde were found, the Enforcement Directorate of the NVWA requested the Office for Risk Assessment & Research (BuRO) for its advice and posed the following questions.

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