Migration of Building Blocks, Additives, and Contaminants from Food Packaging Materials
摘要
Packaging plays an important role in the maintenance of the quality and safety of food products. It is also the link between the industry and the consumer, through which information is provided concerning nutritional composition, shelf-life, and storage conditions, in addition to playing the role of product advertising. Despite all these important functions of food packaging, it can pose a risk to consumers’ health due to the possible migration of building blocks, additives, degradation products, and contaminants to the packaged food. In this regard, migration assays are designed to assess the safety of food packaging materials. This chapter provides a guideline of these assays, as well as some case studies on this topic and an insight on the safety of food contact materials and additives.