Migration of mineral oil, photoinitiators and plasticisers from recycled paperboard into dry foods: a study under controlled conditions

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 885-898

  Biedermann, Maurus ^a   Ingenhoff, Jan Erik ^a   Zurfluh, Michael ^a   Richter, Lydia ^b   Simat, Thomas ^b   Harling, Antje ^c   Altkofer, Werner ^c   Helling, Rüdiger ^d   Grob, Koni ^a  

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

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Chemisches und Veterinaruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart   (Germany)

^d State Laboratory for Health and Veterinary Affairs (LUA) Saxony   (Germany)

Author keywords

barrier efficiencies; butyl phthalates; microtome cuts; mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH); mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH); photoinitiators; plasticisers; polyethylene; polyolefin oligomeric saturated hydrocarbons (POSH); polypropylene

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ESTERS; MINERAL OILS; MINERALS; OLIGOMERS; PAPERBOARDS; PARAFFINS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; PLASTIC RECYCLING; PLASTICIZERS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; SOLVENTS;

BARRIER EFFICIENCY; MICROTOME CUTS; MINERAL OIL AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (MOAH); MINERAL OIL SATURATED HYDROCARBON (MOSH); PHOTOINITIATORS; PHTHALATES; POLYOLEFIN OLIGOMERIC SATURATED HYDROCARBONS (POSH);

OILS AND FATS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; MINERAL OIL; PHOTOINITIATOR; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM FOIL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FAT CONTENT; FLOUR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OAT; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PAPER; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RICE; STORAGE;

EID: 84879690174     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2013.786189     Document Type: Article

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