1st Edition

Indirect Food Additives and Polymers Migration and Toxicology

By Victor O. Sheftel Copyright 2000
1320 Pages
by CRC Press

1320 Pages
by CRC Press

Now, more than ever, foods come packaged in containers designed for direct cooking or heating, which often causes the movement of substances - indirect additives - into foods. Because of their unique characteristics, plastics or polymeric materials (PM) have become the most important packaging material for food products. The safety assessment of plastics intended for use in contact with foodstuffs... Read more
Introduction
Monomers
Plasticizers
Stabilizers
Catalysts, Initiators, Curing and Cross-Linking Agents
Rubber Ingredients
Solvents
Other Additives
Polymers
Index

Biography

Victor O. Sheftel