Food Contact Polymeric Materials
Food Contact Polymeric Materials

Author: J.A. Sidwell

Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9780902348691

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Polymeric materials have revolutionised the way we package store and even cook our food. We now buy soft and alcoholic drinks in transparent, lightc099 plastic bottles, and precooked meals in plastic trays which we reheat in a microwave or conventional oven. This state-of-the-art review draws together the legal framework within which the industry must work, with the technological advances being made both in materials performance and the analysis of migrating monomers and additives. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library database provides useful references for further reading.

Rubbers in Contact with Food
Rubbers in Contact with Food

Author: J.A. Sidwell

Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781859572214

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This report provides an excellent, clearly written report on the state-of-the-art of food contact elastomers. In the UK, the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF), industry and Rapra have combined forces to study the issues surrounding rubbers in contact with food. A survey has been carried out of the food processing industry to determine which rubber products come into contact with food, contact area, duration of contact and temperature of contact. The results of this survey are found in the report and a compilation of data tables on each food industry studied is included as an appendix. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library database gives useful references for further reading.

Regulation of Food Packaging in Europe and the USA
Regulation of Food Packaging in Europe and the USA

Author: Derek J Knight

Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9781859574713

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Annotation A wide variety of plastics are used in food-contact applications and it is important that such plastics do not affect the food with which they come into contact. The objective of food packaging legislation is to protect the consumer by controlling the contamination of food by chemicals transferred from the packaging. Food packaging regulations are constantly under revision, and differ significantly between Europe and the USA. This report provides a clearly written summary of the current legislation surrounding the use of plastics in contact with food. It discusses the plastics used in food packaging, their characteristics and applications. This review is accompanied by around 400 abstracts from papers and books in the Rapra Polymer Library database.

Polymer Yearbook 15
Polymer Yearbook 15

Author: Richard A. Pethrick

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1998-11-26

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9789057023200

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This volume contains reviews on state-of-the-art Japanese research presented in the annual Spring and Autumn meetings of the Japanese Polymer Science Society. The aim of this section is to make information on the progress of Japanese Polymer Science, and on topics of current interest to polymer scientists in Japan, more easily available worldwide.