Contamination in food from packaging material

Packaging has become an indispensible element in the food manufacturing process, and different types of additives, such as antioxidants, stabilizers, lubricants, anti-static and anti-blocking agents, have also been developed to improve the performance of polymeric packaging materials. Recently the p...

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Published inJournal of Chromatography A Vol. 882; no. 1; pp. 255 - 270
Main Authors Lau, Oi-Wah, Wong, Siu-Kay
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 16.06.2000
Subjects
Antioxidants
Food Contamination
Food Packaging
Polymers
Antioxidants
Reviews
Food analysis
Polymers
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Summary:Packaging has become an indispensible element in the food manufacturing process, and different types of additives, such as antioxidants, stabilizers, lubricants, anti-static and anti-blocking agents, have also been developed to improve the performance of polymeric packaging materials. Recently the packaging has been found to represent a source of contamination itself through the migration of substances from the packaging into food. Various analytical methods have been developed to analyze the migrants in the foodstuff, and migration evaluation procedures based on theoretical prediction of migration from plastic food contact material were also introduced recently. In this paper, the regulatory control, analytical methodology, factors affecting the migration and migration evaluation are reviewed.
ISSN:0021-9673
DOI:10.1016/S0021-9673(00)00356-3