Recycling of post-consumer poly(ethylene terephthalate) for direct food contact application - A feasibility study using a simplified challenge test

Deutsche Lebensmittel-Rundschau

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 303-308

  Franz, Roland ^a   Huber, Monika ^a   Welle, Frank ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PROCESS ENGINEERING AND PACKAGING IVV   (Germany)

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