Introduction and Overview; Plastics for Use in Packaging; Safety Evaluation of Food Packaging; Control of Food Packaging in the EU; National Controls on Food Packaging in EU Countries; Council of Europe Work on Food Packaging; Food Packaging in the USA; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Additional References; Abstracts from the Polymer Library Database; Subject Index; Company Index
Summary
A wide variety of plastics are used in food-contact applications and it is important that such plastics do not affect the food with which they come into contact. Given the obvious importance of producing safe and wholesome food, with adequate shelf life, it is not surprising that the food industry is heavily regulated. There is considerable public concern about the safety of food packaging, and one issue is the potential migration of compounding ingredients, monomers or additives from plastics into food. In general, food diffuses into plastic packaging, enhancing the migration of unreacted mon
