Global legislation for food contact materials / edited by Joan Sylvain Baughan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baughan, Joan Sylvain, editor.

Series:

Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition ; Number 278.

Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition ; Number 278

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Packaging.

Food.

Food--Packaging--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England ; Waltham, Massachusetts ; Oxford, England : Woodhead Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Food contact materials such as packaging, storage containers and processing surfaces can pose a substantial hazard to both food manufacturer and consumer due to the migration of chemicals or other substances from the material to the food, which can cause tainting of flavours and other sensory characteristics, or even illness.

Contents:

Front Cover; Global Legislation for Food Contact Materials; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition; Preface; Part One : Food contact legislation: an overview; Chapter 1: Food migration testing for food contact materials; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Possibilities of food migration testing; 1.2.1. Preparation of migration solution; 1.2.2. Measurement of migrants; 1.2.2.1. Specific determination; 1.2.2.2. Semi-quantitative determination; 1.2.2.3. Method validation; 1.2.2.4. Separation of analytes

1.2.2.5. Ionisation and detection of analytes1.2.2.6. Coupling and decision of the method; 1.2.3. Overall migration testing; 1.2.4. Specific measurements; 1.2.4.1. Plastics: monomers and oligomers; 1.2.4.2. Plastics: plasticiser; 1.2.4.3. Plastics: further additives; 1.2.4.4. Plastics: production aids; 1.2.4.5. Printing inks: photoinitiators; 1.2.4.6. Adhesives: primary aromatic amines; 1.2.4.7. Metal boxes; 1.2.4.8. Packaging stability; 1.2.5. Modelling; References; Chapter 2: Compliance testing for food contact materials; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Testing in the European Union

2.2.1. Introduction2.2.2. Overall migration testing; 2.2.3. Specific migration testing; 2.2.4. Determination of residual content; 2.2.5. Sensorial evaluation; 2.2.6. Purity requirements; 2.2.6.1. Colorants; 2.2.6.2. Carbon black; 2.2.7. Color release; 2.3. Testing in the United States; 2.3.1. Introduction; 2.3.2. End testing; 2.3.2.1. Paper; 2.3.2.2. Coatings; 2.3.2.3. Plastics; 2.3.3. Migration testing; Chapter 3: Future trends in global food packaging regulation; 3.1. Background

3.2. Trend 1: more restrictive requirements for materials used in contact with foods consumed by sensitive populations3.3. Trend 2: more focus on novel materials and how to regulate them; 3.4. Trend 3: more attention to ``chemicals of concern ́ ́; 3.5. Trend 4: more recycled food packaging; Part Two: Food contact legislation for specific materials; Chapter 4: Global legislation for plastic materials in contact with food; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Food contact jurisdictions around the world; 4.2.1. United States (Food and Drug Administration); 4.2.2. Canada (Health Products and Food Branch)

4.2.3. European Union4.2.4. Australia/New Zealand (Food Standards Australia New Zealand); 4.2.5. China; 4.2.6. Japan; 4.2.7. South Korea; 4.2.8. South America (MERCOSUR); 4.3. Plastic resins; 4.3.1. Polyolefins; 4.3.1.1. Polyethylene; Low-density PE; High-density polyethylene; Linear low-density polyethylene; 4.3.1.2. Polypropylene; PP homopolymer; PP copolymers; 4.3.1.3. Polybutene-1; PB-1 homopolymer; 1-Butene/ethylene copolymer; 1-Butene/ethylene/propylene terpolymers; 4.3.1.4. Polymethylpentene; 4.3.2. Polyesters; 4.3.2.1. Polyethylene terephthalate; 4.3.2.2. Polylactides

4.3.3. Polyvinyl chloride

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-78242-014-2

OCLC:

907609770