I've been looking for alternatives to Tupperware. I do not want to continue using my beloved Rock N Serves that contain BPA. I'm leaning toward Pyrex, but I know some of their lids are plastic. It's so hard to know who to trust these days. I need something for my husband to carry leftovers to work and reheat in the microwave, so it's gotta be leak-proof. Before I sink money into these containers, I wanted to know what type of plastic is used for the lids. I shot an email off to Pyrex and here's the reply.

Thank you for contacting World Kitchen, LLC

There is no BPA in our Pyrex Storage Deluxe plastic covers.

For further assistance, please contact our Consumer Care Center at 800-999-3436. Representatives are available from 8am to 6pm, EST, Monday through Thursday and 8am to 5pm on Friday, and will be more than happy to assist you.

Sincerely,

Misty

World Kitchen Consumer Care Center

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From: Stephanie Pleasants
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:55 PM
To: Consumer Help Center
Subject: Form Post from Firefox

FirstName=Stephanie
LastName=Pleasants
Brand=Pyrex
Reason=General Question
Message=I am looking for items to replace the plastic ware in my kitchen. I'm interested in purchasing Pyrex storage sets. Do your lids contain BPA? What type of plastic are they made of? I will be using this information to write an article so anything you can share with me will be appreciated.

So they didn't exactly answer my question of what type of plastic is used, but they did say no BPA. I'm undecided. I really would like to know what type of plastic is used. I have some emails out to a few other companies. I guess I won't be buying anything today.

I decided to reply asking exactly what type of plastic is used in the lids. They can't seem to give me what I want to know. If you have any information on these items, please let me know or post it here so we can get the right answer.

The American Chemistry Council provides an informative and concise description of the resin identification coding system put into place by the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. in 1988 (http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_plastics/doc.asp?CID=1102&DID=4644). Categories 1-6 relate to specific families of materials while category 7, “other” includes laminates and compounds. All of the 7 categories have multiple examples of safe usage in food contact applications.

World Kitchen’s lid material is a compound, with the components selected to cost-effectively provide exceptional properties in a broad range of use conditions, including the freezer and microwave oven. No single family of material can provide this range of performance characteristics.

The components making up World Kitchen lids are individually certified by suppliers to meet relevant requirements for intermittent food contact in accord with 21CFR177 and the compounded lid has been tested to, and passed the requirements of 21CFR177.1810.

Sincerely,

Misty

World Kitchen Consumer Care Center