Abstract:

Food packaging materials are important for food safety. Although food packaging materials can protect foods
from deteriorating, the migration of chemicals in the packagings can lead to negative impact on the quality and safety of the
foods. Thus, it is necessary to study the migration of chemicals in food packaging materials. The current paper describes the
progress made during 2009–2013 in the detection, migration patterns and mass transfer modeling of harmful compounds
from food packaging materials. Moreover, in this review we summarize the analyte compounds which have been mostly
detected in recent years and the detection methods used and make a comparison of the migration patterns and mass transfer
models of harmful compounds from plastic and paper packaging materials. At last, future development directions of food
packaging materials are discussed.

Key words: food packaging materials, detection, migration, mathematical model