Enforcement of food packaging legislation

摘要

A survey of the results of the analysis of samples of packaging materials, obtained from the Dutch market during the last 5 years is presented. The diethylenther extracts of food contact polymers were analysed by GC-MS according to the Dutch testing system. lists of The identified constituents in the extracts of polystyrene (PS), polyproylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), poly- ethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyvinylchloride (PVC) are given. More than 50 constituents were identified in the more than 1000 samples investigated.