I've noticed different linings in most of the canned beans I've bought in the last few years. Looks like this report is recent. Perhaps retailers like Whole Foods and Trader Joe's will have statements on this in the near future.

During the pet food recall, TJ's was taking back its canned pet food, no questions asked, with or without a receipt, even though they claimed their foods weren't affected. 

Adults metabolize BPA fairly rapidly - within 10 hours.  But fetuses and the very young don't have the enzyme to break down BPA.  The significant adverse health effects have been shown following exposures to immature and fetal laboratory animals.  So, it seems to me that unless  you are trying to get pregnant or are pregnant, or are feeding children, you can eat what you have and then switch to alternatives, such as fresh, frozen, dried, or jarred.  But, if you are trying to get pregnant, or are pregnant, or are feeding children, then I would get rid of the canned food that you have.

 

Jennifer

www.thesmartmama.com

 

If it were me, I would finish the rest of the canned foods but then stop buying canned foods and switch to a different container. Even though BPA canbe broken down by adults, I think that if pregnant women shouldn't eat it then neither should I. Why risk it?

I'm so disappointed that cans have tons of BPA in them. I love love love vegan soups and most of them come in cans. Such a bummer - what am I going to take to work now?

Yournewbestfriend: I know it's crazy, but:

You could actually make your own soup on Sunday and take a lunch-sized portion to work with you.

Bonus: you can select your own ingredients to keep it organic, fresh, seasoned exactly to your liking, and more nourishing.

It takes about 20 minutes to make most veggie soups, maybe 25 for lentil, and longer if you use other legumes and pulses (because they'd be dried, not canned, of course.)

Less waste since there's no can to recycle and you can compost the trimmings.

Soups usually freeze well, so if you made several different kinds and froze them in appropriate serving sizes, you'd still have a lot of variety. My guess is that this would be a lot cheaper too. 

 

The crockpot is great for soups and they hold well to be used later in the week. I love soup and will no longer be buying it canned.

We are just so used to "convenience" and as a result we are paying the price

~Danielle

New Earth Minerals

http://newearthminerals.com/