migration
February 4, 2013
January 14, 2013
New study with recycled paperboard shows possibilities and limits of chemical analysis for known and unknown food contact material migrants.
November 16, 2012
Danish researchers have studied migration of benzophenone from paperboard into a solid food simulant and identified relative humidity as a critical factor that needs to be taken into account in migration modelling of compounds with aromatic groups.
November 9, 2012
A scientific review article published in the peer-reviewed journal Trends in Analytical Chemistry describes recent advances in the analysis of food packaging migrants.
November 9, 2012
A newly published article identifies PET dishes used to package heated meals as source of two phthalates, while the same meals packaged in aluminum trays did not show elevated levels. All meals contained both phthalates prior to packaging.
October 8, 2012
Safety of food packaging is a priority topic at the upcoming annual meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) next July in Chicago, USA.
October 2, 2012
UK survey finds eight different printing ink chemicals in food samples as well as their packaging
October 1, 2012
Austrian research project assesses migrants from food packaging with hormone active properties
