Phthalates and food-contact materials: Enforcing the 2008 European Union plastics legislation

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1608-1616

  Petersen, J H ^a   Jensen, L K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food contact materials; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); In house validation; Phthalates; Plastics; Regulations; Survey

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ESTERS; FOOD SAFETY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASTICS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOLVENTS; SURVEYING;

FOOD CONTACT MATERIAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IN-HOUSE VALIDATIONS; PHTHALATES; REGULATIONS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

PHTHALIC ACID; PLASTIC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; LAW; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 77956630865     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.501825     Document Type: Article

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