Survey of plasticizers migrating from the gaskets of lids into oily food in glass jars: The second European enforcement campaign shows poor compliance work

Food Control

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-71

  McCombie, Gregor ^a   Harling, Antje ^b   Biedermann, Maurus ^a   Biedermann Brem, Sandra ^a   Eicher, Angela ^a   Suter, Gaby ^a   Morandini, Maria ^b   Pechstein, Sylvia ^b   Schmäschke, Gabriele ^b   Lauber, Uwe ^b   Grob, Koni ^a  

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

^b Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart Chemical and Veterinary Investigations Office Stuttgart   (Germany)

Author keywords

Declaration of compliance; Migration into oily food; Plasticized PVC; Preserves in glass jars; Simulation; Supporting documentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907075541     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.08.035     Document Type: Article

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