A study into the development of a new migration method for sealing gaskets in twist off closures using solid simulants

Deutsche Lebensmittel-Rundschau

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 293-300

  Borcz, Agnieszka ^a   Franz, Roland ^a   Störmer, Angela ^a  

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

Author keywords

Baby food; Epoxidised soybean oil; ESBO; Extraction discs; Food contact materials; Gaskets; Migration; Simulants

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 34547548000     PISSN: 00120413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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