A critical comparison of four test methods for determining overall and specific migration from microwave susceptor packaging

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 534-540

  Mountfort, Katrina ^a   Kelly, Janet ^a   Jickells, Sue M ^a   Castle, Laurence ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

microwave susceptors; Overall migration; specific migration; test methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029779575     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.5.534     Document Type: Article

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