Recycled plastics and chemical migration into food

Chemical Migration and Food Contact Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 205-227

  Welle, Frank ^a   Franz, Roland ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS;

RECYCLED PLASTICS;

PLASTIC RECYCLING;

EID: 84902746045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845692094.3.205     Document Type: Chapter

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