Overview

Plastics are now being used on a large scale for the packaging of fatty and aqueous foodstuffs and beverages, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Thus it is likely that some transfer of polymer additives will occur - adventitious impurities such as monomers, oligomers, catalyst remnants and residual polymerisation solvents and low molecular weight polymer fractions - from the plastic into the packaged material with the consequent risk of a toxic hazard to the consumer. This book covers all aspects of the migration of additives into food and gives detailed information on the analytical determination of the additives in various plastics. This book will be of interest to those engaged in the implementation of packaging legislation, including management, analytical chemists and the manufacturers of foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and also scientific and toxicologists in the packaging industry.

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Author:   T. R. Crompton
Publisher:   Smithers Rapra Technology
Imprint:   Rapra Technology Ltd
Edition:   Revised ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9781847350558

ISBN 10:   1847350550
Publication Date:   06 May 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

1 Additive Migration from Plastics into Packaged Commodities2 Types of Polymers Used in Commodity Packaging3 Non-Polymeric Components of Plastics4 Determination of Antioxidants5 Determination of Ultraviolet Stabilisers in Extractants6 Determination of Plasticisers in Extractants7 Determination of Organotin Thermal Stabilisers in Extractants8 Determination of Organic Sulfur Compounds in Extractants9 Determination of Polydimethyl Siloxanes in Extractants10 Determination of Lubricants in Extraction Liquids11 Determination of Monomers and Oligomers in Extractants12 Analysis of Polymer Extraction Liquids Containing More Than One Migrant13 Determination of Additives and their Breakdown Products in Extractants14 Additive Migration Theory15 Gas Barrier Properties of Food Packaging Plastic Films16 Legislative Aspects of the Use of Additives in Packaging Plastics17 Direct Determination of Migrants from Polymers into Foodstuffs

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Roy Crompton was Head of the polymer analysis research department of a major international polymer producer for some 15 years. In the early fifties he was heavily engaged in the development of methods of analysis for low-pressure polyolefins produced by the Ziegler-Natta route, including work on high-density polyethylene and polypropylene. He was responsible for the development of methods of analysis of the organoaluminum catalysts used for the synthesis of these polymers. He was also responsible for the development of thin-layer chromatography for the determination of various types of additives in polymers and did pioneering work on the use of TLC to separate polymer additives and to examine the separated additives by infrared and mass spectrometry. He retired in 1988 and has since been engaged as a consultant in the field of analytical chemistry and has written extensively on this subject, with some 20 books published.

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