Specific migration of di‐(2‐ethylhexyl)adipate (DEHA) from plasticized PVC film: Results from an enforcement campaign

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 600-608

  Petersen, Jens Højslev ^a   Breindahl, Torben ^b  

^a DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

^b MLK Fyn   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alternative food simulant; Analytical method; Di (2 ethylhexyl)adipate (DEHA); Enforcement campaign; Plasticized PVC

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; ALIPHATIC DICARBOXYLIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; PLASTICIZER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; DILUTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE;

EID: 0031864983     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652039809374687     Document Type: Article

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