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Chemical migration from adhesives used in food contact materials and articles.

Project Code: A03044

30/04/2006

Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ
Bradley, E ;
Central Science Laboratory
Castle, L

Adhesives are constituents of a variety of food packaging materials. Applications include:

The manufacture of rigid packs from cartonboard (box closures)
Sealing flexible packaging – wrappers, pouches, lidding etc
Attachment of labels
Lamination (binding together) of layers of food contact materials

Several chemical substances are present in adhesives and, when used in food packaging, these substances may have the potential to transfer (migrate) from the adhesive(s) to the foodstuffs.

The objective of this project was to assess if there was any chemical migration from selected adhesive systems.

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