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Specific migration testing with alternative fatty food simulants

I Cooper1, A Goodson, A O'Brien

  • 1Pira International, Randalls Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK.

Food Additives and Contaminants
|April 16, 1998
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Testing alternative food simulants for plastic packaging is crucial for compliance. 95% ethanol closely matched olive oil migration data, while iso-octane offered a rapid test for specific plastics.

Area of Science:

  • Food contact materials safety
  • Analytical chemistry of food simulants

Background:

  • Plastic additives require specific migration limits (SMLs) for food contact materials.
  • Analyzing lipophilic additives in olive oil, the standard fatty food simulant, is challenging.
  • Alternative simulants are needed to overcome technical difficulties in migration testing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare specific migration data using olive oil versus alternative simulants: iso-octane and 95% ethanol.
  • To determine if alternative simulants yield similar results to olive oil.
  • To identify the most suitable alternative simulant for future food contact migration testing.

Main Methods:

  • Specific migration tests were conducted on polyolefin and polystyrene materials.
  • Migration was analyzed using olive oil as the conventional simulant.

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  • Results were compared with those obtained using iso-octane and 95% ethanol as alternative simulants.

    • Main Results:

    • 95% ethanol demonstrated good agreement with olive oil migration data for additives in polyolefins under equivalent exposure conditions.
    • For polystyrene, iso-octane (1.5 h at 60°C) served as a viable rapid alternative test, indicating SMLs were unlikely to be exceeded.
    • The study identified 95% ethanol as a suitable alternative to olive oil for certain migration tests.

    Conclusions:

    • 95% ethanol is a reliable alternative simulant for specific migration testing of additives in polyolefins.
    • Iso-octane can be employed as a rapid screening tool for polystyrene materials.
    • These findings support the development of more efficient and practical methods for food contact material safety assessments.