PVC thermoformed containers for food packaging: Establishment of a rapid extraction test for overall migration limit compliance testing

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-175

  Cooper, Ian ^a   Goodson, Anne ^a   Tice, Philip A ^a  

^a Pira Int   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food packaging; Overall migration; Rapid extraction; Thermoformed articles; uPVC

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; METHANOL; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THERMOFORMING;

FOOD PACKAGING; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE (GMP); MIGRATION LIMIT COMPLIANCE TEST; RAPID EXTRACTION TEST;

PACKAGING;

EID: 0031130354     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1522(19970501/30)10:3<169::AID-PTS405>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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