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University of Tuzla , Tuzla , Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of Tuzla , Tuzla , Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of Tuzla , Tuzla , Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of Zenica , Zenica , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostly used food packing are: paper, cartoon, plastics, glass, metals and multilayer materials. The plastics and paper/cartoon make about 70% of all food packing. These two have the biggest migration potential. The use of plastics is regulated by specific EU rules, but it is not yet the same about the use of paper packing. In order to ensure health assurance for the consumers, it is needed often to make an evaluation of the migration of the contaminants from paper/cartoon packing, especially in case of recycled papers, because of the fact that a recycled paper could contain many different contaminants, what is not the case regarding the originally produced paper. Migrating contaminants could originate from basic paper packing, but also from the components added in phase of forming, as well as from graphic finalisation trough the glue, paints, lacking etc. In this article is presented an overview of the typical contaminants from paper/cartoon packing, as well as their toxicological profile.
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