Food cans , such as fish sardines canned a product of food processing that is not strange to us . Food cans have aged shelf long because through the process of sterilization that can shut off almost 100 percent of bacterial pathogens in it , as well as the tin itself is hermetic / watertight air so as to protect the food in it . Due to the age save a quite a long time, food can often be used as a food emergency during disasters , or food for the need to survive life in nature such as camping or hiking the mountain . In such conditions it is not uncommon for canned food cooked together using the can as a container for cooking . The question is , if things are safe ? Although the packaging cans have long accepted the consumer , still there are concerns would be the migration of compounds certain are used for coating / plating i part in the cans to the food . Compounds which usually can migrate from cans to the food inside is DGEBA or Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol A . Polymer epoxy Berba sis DGEBA often used in packaging cans as resistant to a variety of solvent / solvent and can bind with various material packaging , especially metal . DGEBA can migrate to the ingredients of food when the packaging cans heated , because it does not recommended for cooking food cans using container tin . DGEBA itself is a toxic component for humans that can cause cancer if exposed to large amounts. It is reinforced by the statements of Scott McCarthy, Director of the Division of Communications Strategic of Ball Corporation, a company of origin State of Uncle Sam who manufactures packaging cans , in an interview with Scientific American . He said that the can packaging is packaging that is strong , can be in the cycle repeated ,and lasting long so it can keep drinks and food remains fresh and it is possible to at distribute to secure as far as thousands of… Read More »Is it safe to cook canned food using the cans?