Assessment of the Impact of Accelerated Migration Testing for Coated Food Cans Using Food Simulants.

In this study, an accelerated migration test on food can coatings into food simulants was investigated. Food simulants covering a wide range of polarity were used to conduct migration tests at 60 °C with storage times ranging from 4 h to 30 days. Epoxy-resins, acrylic-phenolic, polyester, and vinyl coatings were exposed to water, 3% acetic acid, 50% ethanol, and Miglyol 812®. Using liquid chromatography coupled to a variety of detectors (UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap-MS, UFLC-MS/MS, and HPLC-DAD), migration of several monomers and previously identified oligomers, as well as some unidentified migrants, were determined during the experiment. The data from this study was compared to our findings from previous long-term migration studies with storage times ranging from 24 h to 540 days at 40 °C using the same can coating applications. The results illustrate that performing migration experiments for short time periods at 60 °C may mimic migration results that would be obtained at 40 °C after long-term migration tests (up to 1.5 years) from food can coatings into food simulants.

Target and non-target analysis of migrants from PVC-coated cans using UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap MS: evaluation of long-term migration testing.

A simple, rapid and sensitive method for analyzing multi-target and non-target additives in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) food can coatings using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-orbital ion-trap mass spectrometry was developed. This procedure was used to study the behaviour of a cross-linking agent, benzoguanamine (BGA), two slip agents, oleamide and erucamide, and 18 other commonly used plasticisers including phthalates, adipates, sebacates, acetyl tributyl citrate and epoxidised soybean or linseed oils. This optimised method was used to detect these analytes in food simulants (water and 3% acetic acid) in a long-term migration test of PVC-coated food cans for a period ranging from 1 day to 1.5 years at 40°C. Although very low detection limits (5 ng ml(-1)) were obtained for the majority of compounds, none of the monitored plasticisers and slip agents was detected in simulants extracted from cans over the period of the test. However, the presence of BGA in both aqueous food simulants was confirmed based on high-resolution mass spectrometry, product ion spectra and analysis of a reference standard. The BGA concentration in both simulants continued to increase with storage time: after 1.5 years storage in aqueous food simulants at 40°C, BGA was detected at concentrations up to 84 µg dm(-2). We believe this is the first study describing the long-term migration capacity of BGA from any vinyl coating material intended for use in PVC-coated food cans. Our results may have implications for migration test protocols for food cans that will be stored for extended time periods.

Rapid Determination of Bisphenol Diglycidyl Ethers and Its Migration Regulations in Interior Coating of Food Cans / 分析化学

A rapid and simple ultra performance liquid chromatographic method for determination the specific migration of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether ( BADGE ) , bisphenol F diglycidyl ether ( BFDGE ) and their derivatives in food simulants was developed. Water, 3% acetic acid, 10% ethanol and sunflower oil were used as food simulants to simulate the specific migration of bisphenol diglycidyl ethers from interior coating of food cans after 10 days storage at 60℃. After the migration period, the aqueous food simulants were directly measured without any further purification, while the sunflower oil simulant was extracted by acetonitrile followed by cleaning up using solid phase extraction. Among the migration process, BADGE and bisphenol A (3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)glycidyl ether (BADGE·HCl) migrated into aqueous simulants were hydrolysed into bisphenol A bis ( 2, 3-dihydroxypropyl ) ether ( BADGE · 2H2 O ) and bisphenol A ( 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl) (2,3-dihydroxypropyl) ether (BADGE·H2O·HCl), respectively. However, BADGE and BADGE·HCl migrated into sunflower oil were not hydrolysed. The calibrating curves showed a good linearity from 0. 05 to 10 mg/L for all the 9 target compounds. The detection limits of the method for aqueous food simulants and sunflower oil stimulant were 5μg/L and 20μg/kg, respectively. The method was applied to the determination of bisphenol diglycidyl ethers migrated from 10 kinds of food cans which were intended to contact with food. The results indicate that BADGE and its derivatives were detected at 5 of the cans, and the specific migration of BADGE(or BADGE·2H2O)and BADGE·HCl(or BADGE·H2O·HCl)in 1 cans even exceed the responding limitation regulated in EC/1895/2005 .