Presentation and experimental verification of a physico-mathematical model describing the migration across functional barrier layers into foodstuffs

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 14, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 627-640

  Franz, R ^a   Huber, M ^a   Piringer, O ^a  

^a Fraunhofer Inst Food Technol P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Food packaging; Food simulants; Functional barrier; Migration; Polymer; Recycled plastics

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHLOROBENZENES; DIFFUSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYSTYRENES; TIME FACTORS; TOLUENE;

EID: 0030854308     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652039709374575     Document Type: Article

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