Contamination of packaged food by substances migrating from a direct-contact plastic layer: Assessment using a generic quantitative household scale methodology

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-94

  Vitrac, Olivier ^a   Challe, Blandine ^a,b   Leblanc, Jean Charles ^b   Feigenbaum, Alexandre ^a  

^a UMR614 FARE   (France)

^b Scientific Directorate for Human Nutrition and Food Safety   (France)

Author keywords

Consumer exposure; Contamination; Modeling; Packaging; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BUTYLCRESOL; PLASTIC; STYRENE; YOGHURT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; HOUSEHOLD; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DIFFUSION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; YOGURT;

EID: 33845501183     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030600888550     Document Type: Article

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