A real and honest response!

I considered paraphrasing Amy's response, but, I couldn't do it justice. Although I was sad to hear that their canned goods do contain low levels of BPA, I was really happy with the honest response that I got. I really like this company!!!

RE: Amy's Contact: Canned goods...‏
From: Amy (amy@amyskitchen.net)
Sent: January 8, 2010 11:35:24 PM
To: XXX@XXX.com

Dear JXXX,

Thanks for your email. Amy's is a family-owned company. Everything we offer is made from start to finish by our own people. We do everything possible to make our products as natural, safe and high in quality as possible. We are concerned when we hear questions about epoxy coatings in our cans that may contain extremely low levels of BPA. Traditionally, the coatings have been used to prevent the food from contacting the metal container, thus preventing off flavors, container corrosion, and product contamination with metals. The presence of epoxy/BPA is limited to our canned products only. Alternatives for plastic baby bottles already existed, and those products were switched quickly. Unfortunately, no new alternatives were available for can coatings. Some time ago, Amy's decided to change our can coatings, and communicated this to our can suppliers. They and Amy's are investing considerable time and resources towards our common goal. Currently, we are now in our second accelerated test round to evaluate new experimental coatings that could replace the epoxy. The whole canning industry is working on this as the highest priority and Amy's is participating strongly in it. Although we would have hoped to do this sooner, we have to work within the limitations of commercial availability of new coatings. And we can't take the chance that improperly tested coatings might cause a whole range of problems with regard to product safety and stability. The epoxy coatings have been used for decades and it is taking a while to develop, test and approve the alternatives. The complexity of the testing is high for Amy's because of our broad range of canned products. Please be assured that we are going to change coatings when the new ones become available next year.
Best regards,
Denise Bugbee
Consumer Relations

-----Original Message-----
From: JXXX[mailto:XXX@XXX.com]
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 8:16 AM
To: Amy
Subject: Amy's Contact: Canned goods...
Sent: January 8th, 2010
From: JXXX
Email: XXX@XXX.com
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Dear Amy,

Hi: Love your stuff (especially the mushroom & olive pizza!). I was just wondering if the lining in your cans (for the soups specifically) are BPA free? Thanks!
JXXX