Cork Taint Gone? Don't Bet On It
Producer claims TCA no longer an issue
Posted: Aug 17, 2009 4:05pm ET
First, the recession ended. Now TCA is gone from corks. File both of these claims in the same category. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Maybe cork producers' claims that TCA (2,4,6 trichloranisole) taint in corks has all but vanished is true, but it's the world's largest producer of natural cork closures making the claim and touting it as news.
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