Programme on the recyclability of food-packaging materials with respect to food safety considerations: Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), paper and board, and plastics covered by functional barriers

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 19, Issue , 2002, Pages 93-110

  Franz, R ^a  

^a Fraunhofer Inst V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Board; Diffusion; Food packaging; Food safety; Functional barrier; Migration; Paper; Partition coefficients; Plastics; Polyethylene terephthalate; Recycling

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MARKET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PAPER; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 0036222977     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030110085395a     Document Type: Article

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