Identification of chemicals, possibly originating from misuse of refillable PET bottles, responsible for consumer complaints about off-odours in water and soft drinks

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 681-692

  Widén, Helene ^a,b   Leufven A ^a   Nielsen, T ^c  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ideon Science Park   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer misuse; Contaminants; Food packaging; Polyethylene terephthalate (PET); Post consumer plastics; Refillable bottles

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYNAPHTHALENE; ALCOHOL; ANETHOLE; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAVORING AGENT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; MINERAL WATER; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; TRICHLOROANISOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING;

ANISOLES; BEVERAGES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT REUSE; ETHANOL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; NAPHTHALENES; PENTANOLS; PETROLEUM; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SMELL; SOLVENTS; SULFIDES; WATER;

EID: 22344440687     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500159987     Document Type: Article

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