Migration of organic compounds from a multilayer plastic-paper material intended for food packaging.
This paper deals with the study of the kinetic migration of a series of organic compounds representative of potential contaminants in packaging materials and used as surrogates (o-xylene, acetophenone, dodecane, naphthalene, 2,3,4-trichloroanisole, benzophenone, isomeric mix of diisopropylnaphthalene, diisobutyl phthalate and methyl stearate). Migration to one side of a solid simulant, Tenax, also referred to as MPPO (modified polyphenylene oxide), was investigated in this study. One spiked sample of multilayer material was used to optimise the extraction procedures for the multilayer paper-based material and the Tenax as well as to perform kinetic migration studies. Three sequential extractions using ethanol were necessary for the strips of the multilayer material but only one extraction was necessary for the solid simulant to obtain >70% recovery of the surrogates. These results enabled us to specify the extraction requirements of the multilayer sample and the solid simulant and as well as those of the migration tests at high temperature using Tenax as solid simulant. The matrix effect associated with the extraction of the contaminants from the multilayer sample is also discussed.
Analytical Chemistry Department, University of Zaragoza, CPS- Edif. Torres Quevedo. C/ María de Luna 3, Zaragoza 50018, Spain. cnerin@unizar.es
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D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D018857:Food Packaging; D007700:Kinetics; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D010209:Paper; D010969:Plastics
D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010969:Plastics