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Regulation of food packaging in Europe and the U.S. /
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 i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, U.K. :
Rapra Technology Ltd.,
2004.
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| Colección: | Rapra review reports ;
v. 15, no. 5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (120 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781847352026 1847352022 |
| ISSN: | 0889-3144 ; |