Food packaging’s materials: A food safety perspective
The main goal of food packaging is to protect food from external environmental factors, but food–packaging interactions also can compromise the quality and/or safety of foods. However, the mass transfer of additives from packaging to the foods is undesirable and can alter the food’s flavor.
Plasticizer Migration: Ensuring Safety in Food Packaging
Plasticizer Migration: Ensuring Safety in Food Packaging New plasticizer technologies allow formulators to achieve performance requirements while meeting best practices for food safety and migration By William Arendt, Marianne M. Conner, Emily McBride
Inhibition of plasticizer migration from packaging to foods
Plasticizer migration from packaging films to foods can raise health concerns especially when foods are heated in microwaves with their packaging. To inhibit the plasticizer migration, starch-based films were prepared by controlling the micro-structure of esterified starch films with various degrees of substitution (DS), and diethyl phthalate
Phthalates in Food Packaging and Food Contact Applications
This function in the manufacturing of plastics is often referred to as a “plasticizer.” Some phthalates may be used in food packaging or other minor food contact uses such as components of...
Low-Density Polyethylene Migration from Food Packaging on
Food packaging has been demonstrated as a crucial issue for the migration of microplastics (MPs) into foodstuffs, concerning human health risk factors. Polymeric materials called plastics are continuously utilized in food packaging. Polyethylene (PE) is commonly used as a food packaging material, because it offers easy handling during transportation and optimal storage conditions for food
- Do packaging polymers migrate to food?
- Regulations and Legislation in Migration 9. Conclusions and Outlook The migration of chemical compounds from packaging polymers to food presents a multifaceted challenge with implications for food safety and public health. This review explores the interaction between packaging materials and food products, focusing ...
- Do plasticizers migrate into acidic foodstuffs?
- Thus, it has been demonstrated that a contact for prolonged time up to 40 °C did not promote the migration of plasticizers into acidic foodstuffs, but the migration of plasticizers to fatty foods can be high (75%–90% loss of plasticizers) and limit the use of PVC films as fatty food packaging. 1. Introduction
- Can plasticizers migrate from packaging to food?
- Plasticizers can migrate from packaging materials into food, particularly when exposed to high temperatures or extended periods of storage, posing vital risks to health .
- How do packaging materials and food products interact?
- The migration of chemical compounds from packaging polymers to food presents a multifaceted challenge with implications for food safety and public health. This review explores the interaction between packaging materials and food products, focusing on permeation, migration, and sorption processes.
- Are plasticizers a potential migrant?
- Phthalates once used as plasticizers in polymeric packaging films are characterized by low molecular weight, thus facilitating the package-to-food migration. Numerous studies have reported plasticizers as potential migrants that could transfer to foods from the packaging (Pedersen et al., 2008). 1.7.2. Thermal stabilizers
- Are chemicals and additives migrating into food?
- The migration of chemicals and additives from packaging materials into food is a substantial concern for public health and food safety. By establishing guidelines for the materials used in food packaging and verifying their migration potential, a variety of regulations and legislations are designed to mitigate these risks.
