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Assessing Acute Toxicity of Selected Packages Internal Layers Extracts using Microtox ®
Author(s) -
Szczepańska Natalia,
Kudłak Błażej,
Yotova Galina,
Tsakovski Stefan,
Namieśnik Jacek
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
packaging technology and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1099-1522
pISSN - 0894-3214
DOI - 10.1002/pts.2304
Subject(s) - food contact materials , food packaging , acetic acid , leaching (pedology) , raw material , food products , food safety , pulp and paper industry , waste management , food science , environmental science , toxicology , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , biology , soil science , soil water
In the scientific literature related to the widely understood issue of packaging materials designed to have contact with food (food contact materials), there is much information on raw materials used for their production, as well as their physiochemical properties, types and parameters. Unfortunately, not much attention is given to the issues concerning migration of toxic substances from packaging and its actual influence on the health of the final consumer, even though health protection and food safety are the priority tasks. The goal of this study was to estimate the impact of particular foodstuff packaging type, food production and storage conditions on the degree of leaching of potentially toxic compounds to foodstuffs with the use of the acute toxicity test Microtox ® . From all simulants studied, the 3% acetic acid in water proved to cause significant migration of toxic compounds with increase of time and temperature of extraction and justified the hypothesis that food products with low pH values (stored in cans) cause significant damage to cans internal resin filing and is a reason of increased migration rate of package material to foodstuff. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.