Food & Drug Packaging, October 1st, 2001
Concerns about packaging materials were raised precipitously with a report by a Danish magazine, Borsens Nyhedsmagasin, that aromatic amine components present in adhesives used in multilaminate films are migrating into the packaged food. With aromatic amines being carcinogenic, that could be a real problem.
According to the magazine, the Danish Veterinary and Food Agency has withheld from the public findings about these adhesives that were presented at a closed seminar. So, the magazine enlisted the Steins Laboratory to carry out tests on a number of foodstuffs sold in plastic wrap by large...
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