FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 271-274.

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Study on Selection of Food Analogues for Chemical Substances Migration Tests from Plastic Packaging Material

 LIU  Zhi-Gang, WANG  Zhi-Wei,   Hu-Chang-Ying   

  1. 1. Department of Packaging Engineening, Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi 214122, China; 2.Packaging Engineering Institute, Jinan University, Zhuhai 519070, China; 3.Department of Food Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
  • Online:2006-06-15 Published:2011-09-22

Abstract:  Food safety has been paid much attention to all over the world since people are nowadays concerned very much of their own health. Migration of chemical substances from plastic packaging materials into food causes problem of food safety. FDA and European Commission have carried out lots of theoretical and experimental researches on migration. This paper reviews and analyzes food simulants applied on migration testing of chemical substances from packaging material and its selection methods.

Key words: food simulants, migration of chemical substances, plastic packaging, food safety