This volume reviews the latest controls and research relevant to the migration of chemicals from food contact materials, and shows how this knowledge can be used to ensure that food is safe to eat. The first two parts discuss worldwide regulation and quality control of food contact materials and the latest developments in areas such as analysis of food contact materials and exposure estimation. The final — and most substantial — section contains specific chapters on major food contact materials and packaging types, including recycled plastics, metals, paper and board, multi-layer packaging and intelligent packaging.

Target Audience: Food chemists and engineers; packaging designers and technologists; nutritional and pharmaceutical scientists.

Table of Contents:

Chemical Migration Into Food: An Overview

Regulation and Quality Control of Chemical Migration into Food:

Regulation of Food Contact Materials in the USA

Regulation of Food Contact Materials in the EU

Traceability and Food Contact Materials

Assessing the Risks and Improving the Safety of Food Contact Materials:

Compliance Testing of Chemical Migration from Food Contact Materials

Exposure Estimation — The Missing Element for Assessing the Safety of Migrants from Food

Toxicology and Risk Assessment of Chemical Migrants from Food Contact Materials

Mathematical Modeling of Chemical Migration from Food Contact Materials

Chemical Migration from Particular Food Contact Materials:

Recycled Plastics and Chemical Migration into Food

Plastics and Chemical Migration into Food

Metal Packaging and Chemical Migration into Food

Rubber and Chemical Migration into Food

Food Packaging Inks and Varnishes and Chemical Migration into Food

Food Packaging Adhesives and Chemical Migration into Food

Safety Assessment of Paper and Board Used in Food Packaging

Chemical Migration from Multi-Layer Packaging into Food

Chemical Migration from Active and Intelligent Packaging Materials into Food

Chemical Migration from Secondary Packaging into Foods

Case Study: Chemical Migration from Snack and Take-Away Food Packaging

Case Study: Poly EthyleneTerephthalate (PET) as a Food Contact Material

Index