Identification of extractable substances from rubber nettings used to package meat products

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 300-307

  Bouma, K ^a,b   Schothorst, R C ^a,b  

^a Inspectorate Health/Vet Pub Health   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meat netting; Nitrosamines; Nitrosatable substances; Rubber; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKANE; ALKENE; ANTIOXIDANT; DIBENZYLNITROSAMINE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; NITROSAMINE; PLASTICIZER; RUBBER; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH HAZARD; MEAT; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MEAT; NETHERLANDS; NITROSAMINES; NITROSATION; RUBBER;

EID: 0037348542     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0265203021000042850     Document Type: Article

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