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... the body said its study of a range of canned tuna, soups, vegetable and tomato-based products from such companies as campbell canada, loblaws, conagra and general mills revealed only a low-level presence of bpa in the foodstuffs ... “the results of this survey confirm that exposure to bpa from canned food products is very low and poses no health or safety concerns to the general population,” said health canada ... survey findings health canada said it found bpa in almost all the 78 canned products tested ... canned tuna products had highest levels – with average and maximum bpa levels of 137 and 534 ng/g respectively ... levels of the chemical in canned tomato paste products were found to be considerably lower ... the average and maximum bpa levels for the tomato paste products were 1 ... 3 and 23 ng/g for the pure tomato products ... the body concluded that the average findings of bpa in the canned food products were consistent with those of past surveys and were not “ considered to represent a human health concern”
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