Barriers against the migration of mineral oil from paperboard food packaging: Experimental determination of breakthrough periods

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 285-301

  Fiselier, Katell ^a   Grob, Koni ^a  

^a Official Food Control Authority of the Canton of Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

accelerated testing; breakthrough period; functional barrier; holes and cracks in barriers; migration of mineral oil; mineral oil from paperboard; polyethylene film as receptor

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTING; BREAKTHROUGH PERIOD; FUNCTIONAL BARRIERS; HOLES AND CRACKS IN BARRIERS; POLYETHYLENE FILM;

CRACKS; PAPERBOARDS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

MINERAL OILS;

EID: 84857390693     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: 10991522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pts.982     Document Type: Article

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