Alternative test methods to control the compliance of polyolefin food packaging materials with the European Union regulation: the case of aromatic antioxidants and of bis(ethanolamine) antistatics based on 1H-NMR and UV-visible spectrophotometry

Food Additives and Contaminants
P MétoisA Feigenbaum

Abstract

In order to decide whether a plastic food packaging material complies with the European Communities (EC) regulation on migration, a quick analysis of two functional classes of plastics additives (aromatic antioxidants and antistatic agents) from polyolefin materials by 1H-NMR and UV-visible spectrophotometry is presented. The scope of spectroscopic methods for alternative and migration tests is presented. 1H-NMR can be used in several ways, from a simple fingerprint of the potential migrants to an identification procedure. Extraction is optimized using UV spectrophotometry. Optimization relies on extraction kinetics, which include the demonstration that extraction is more severe than migration. Only a few hours are required to conclude whether a material complies with the regulation. The specific migration limits are expressed as specific absorbance limit values, alpha. These data can be annexed by food industries to specifications of a plastic packaging material.

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