Study on migration of melamine from food packaging materials on markets / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
;
(12): 104-108, 2009.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: wpr-295996
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVES</b>To study the migration of melamine into foods from plastic food packaging materials and dairy product containers commonly used in China.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>37 samples were collected from the market. The EU migration testing conditions were adopted with distilled water, 3% acetic acid, n-hexane and 15% ethanol being chosen as the simulating solutions. The HPLC method was used to detect melamine.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>No melamine was detected in 15 dairy product containers. Among the 22 plastic samples, 16 of polypropylene, and polycarbonate types had no detectable amount melamine while a low level of melamine was found in 3 of the 6 melamine resin containers.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Migration of melamine from food packaging materials in China market is in line with the requirements of EU.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Plásticos
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Espectrofotometria Ultravioleta
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Triazinas
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Contaminação de Alimentos
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Química
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China
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Embalagem de Alimentos
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Laticínios
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Leite
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Difusão
Limite:
Animais
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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