Appleton's Red Fibers Distinguish BPA-Free Receipts
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 Appleton, Appleton, Wis., USA, the only producer of BPA-free thermal receipt paper in the U.S., announced this week that it has added easy-to-see red fibers to its paper, creating "peace of mind" for retailers and consumers in time for the holiday shopping season. Until now, consumers have had no means to distinguish whether the cash register, credit card, or ATM receipts they receive contain the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), a substance that has been linked to potential health risks.
Appleton designed its "red fiber" BPA-free paper to help consumers and retail workers quickly identify the kind of thermal receipt paper they are handling. The red fibers will be in about 75% of the thermal receipt paper that Appleton ships by the end of November. Appleton expects to have the red fibers in all of its thermal receipt paper before the end of first quarter 2011.
Appleton, the nation's largest manufacturer of thermal paper, dropped BPA from its thermal paper formulation in 2006 out of growing concerns about the safety of the chemical. Since that time, concerns over BPA have grown. In January 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expressed concern about the potential adverse health effects of BPA in infants and children, especially for applications with direct contact to food. BPA bans are in place in Japan, Canada, and a growing number of U.S. states, and Congress is considering a federal ban on BPA in all food and beverage containers.
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