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Identification of potential migrants from samples of dual-ovenable plastics
J W Gramshaw1, H J Vandenburg, R A Lakin
1Procter Department of Food Science, University of Leeds, UK.
Food Additives and Contaminants
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
The analysis of samples of dual-ovenable cookware articles has identified chemicals with the potential to migrate into food. Samples were analysed by dynamic headspace analysis at 200 degrees C using a Tenax TA trap cooled in ice, and/or solvent extraction, followed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Plastics analysed were crystalline poly(ethyleneterephthlalate) (cPET), thermoset polyester, poly(ethersulphone) and poly (4-methyl-pent-1-ene) (TPX). The greatest number and quantity of chemicals with the potential to migrate were found in thermoset polyester.