Abstract
Food contact materials (FCM) are the largest source of food contamination. However, some of the detected substances may migrate into food, leading to concerns that are detrimental to human health. The study aim is to assess potentially migrating substances in single- and double-layers paper food contact materials and to rank the substances with the toxic hazards. The potentially migrating substances were collected from published studies. Then, we used a AKTS-SML software to simulate migration rates of the substances to food simulates under various test conditions in a double-layer of beverage paper cups and a single-layer baking paper cups. Moreover, the test conditions and food simulators were in accordance with the standardized migration test conditions set by the European Union and the United States. We considered non-carcinogenic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reproductive toxicities for identifying the high, medium and low levels of substances of concern. Results showed that regardless of temperature, the migration rates of double-layered beverage paper cups were nearly 0% and 1.13% for 30 minutes to 2 hours and 10 days, respectively. In single-layer baking paper cups, the migration rates of additives, adhesives, photoinitiators, and biocides in adhesive were the largest at 40°C and 10 days, with values of 25.42%, 25.43%, 25.42%, and 25.43%, respectively. Finally, the number of substances in non-carcinogenic were 30, 3, and 1 for Cramer classes III, II, and I, respectively. The 9 of 30 substances in Class III at least carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reproductive toxicities were classified as high concern.
Presenters
Shuhan YouAssistant Professor, Institute of Food Safety and Risk Management, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung Municipality, Taiwan Hsin Yu Hsia
Student, Institute of Food Safety and Risk Management, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung Municipality, Taiwan Yi Xin Hong
Student, Institute of Food Safety and Risk Management, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
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Food contact material, Migration rate, Toxic hazard, Ranking
