Development of decision tools to assess migration from plastic materials in contact with food

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1556-1573

  Gillet, G ^a,b   Vitrac, O ^c   Tissier, D ^d   Saillard, P ^e   Desobry, S ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE MÉTROLOGIE ET D ESSAIS LNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d Centre d'Appui et de Stimulation de l'Industrie par les Moyens de l'Innovation et de la Recherche   (France)

^e Centre Technique de la Conservation des Produits Agricoles   (France)

Author keywords

Food contact materials; Food simulants; Modeling; Packaging; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; POLYOLEFIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXTRACTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; MATERIAL STATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 77949353670     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440040903271355     Document Type: Article

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