Migration of volatile substances from recycled high density polyethylene to milk products

Vera, Paula (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Canellas, Elena (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Su, Qi-Zhi ; Mercado, Daniel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Nerín, Cristina (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Plastic recycling is the main solution to reduce the plastic waste. High-density polyethylene has not been recycled yet successfully as food contact material due to the amount of chemicals present in post-consumer material together with its high chemical sorption capacity. The migration of two post-consumer recycled HDPE milk bottles were studied to both 50 % ethanol as food simulant and real food (one type skimmed milk and two plant base beverages (soy milk and horchata). Firstly, a headspace-solid phase extraction-gas chromatography mass spectrometry method was developed and optimized to analyze these milky samples. After exposure, 53 compounds were identified and among them several additives, NIAS such as 2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, 2,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl), 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol and 7,9-di-tert-butyl-1-oxaspiro(4,5)deca-6,9-diene-2,8-dione, degradation products of antioxidant compounds as well as several residues from cleaning products, detergents and flavoring agents were found. Finally, the risk assessment was applied and it was found that five compounds did not comply after migration to 50 % ethanol.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.fpsl.2022.101020

Año: 2023

Publicado en: Food Packaging and Shelf Life 35 (2023), 101020 [11 p.]
ISSN: 2214-2894

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/T53-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/RTI2018-097805-B-I00

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Química Analítica (Dpto. Química Analítica)
Área (Departamento): Área Ingeniería Mecánica (Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica)