Food Contact Materials - Rubbers, Silicones, Coatings and Inks

Food Contact Materials - Rubbers, Silicones, Coatings and Inks, is an amalgamation of data from four recent projects. This report provides a wealth of information taken from the results and findings of research projects on: Migration Data of Food Contact Rubbers (Two projects), Rubber Breakdown Products, Chemical Migration from Silicones used in Connection with Food Contact Materials and Articles and An Assessment of the Potential of Migration of Substances from Inks and their Respective Coatings.

Each review provides an expert overview of the products as food contact materials, with a comprehensive accompanying list of relevant references from the Smithers Rapra Polymer Library to enable further reading. In each case there is an initial in-depth description of the variety and types of products that are used in industry, and the chemical processes associated with their manufacture.

A summary of the relevant food contact regulations, together with the migration and analytical testing regimes used to assess their suitability for food contact are also.

Food Contact Materials - Rubbers, Silicones, Coatings and Inks, brings together important sources of food contact information in a single, convenient volume and will be an important reference source for workers in the food industry in general, and within the food contact field in particular. This handbook will also be of interest to anyone who works with the packaging of food and beverages and also to those who are studying food packaging/processing.

Food Contact Rubbers - Products, Migration and Regulation

1. Introduction

2. Rubber Materials and Products used in Contact with Food

3. Regulations Covering the Use of Rubber as a Food Contact Material

4. Assessing the Safety of Rubber as a Food Contact Material

5. Improving the Safety of Rubber as a Food Contact Material

6. Future Trends in the Use of Rubber with Food

7. Conclusion

Appendix 1

References

Coatings and Inks for Food Contact Materials

1. Introduction

2. Coating and Ink Products for Food Contact Materials

3. Coatings and Inks used in the Food Chain

4. Application Techniques for Inks

5. Regulations Covering the Use of Inks and Coatings with Food

6. Assessing the Safety of Inks and Coatings for Food Applications

7. Potential Migrants and Published Migration Data

8. Improving the Safety of Inks and Coatings for Food Use

9. Future Trends

10. Conclusion

Sources of Further Information and Advice

Reference Books

Reports

Professional, Research, Trade and Governmental Organisations

Commercial Abstract Databases

Acknowledgements

References

Silicone Products for Food Contact Applications

1. Introduction

2. Silicone Products for Food Contact Applications

3. Regulations Covering the Use of Silicones With Food

4. Assessing the Safety of Silicone Materials and Articles for Food Applications

5. Foods Standards Agency Silicone Project - Contract Number A03046

6. Migration Mechanisms, Potential Migrants and Published Migration Data

7. Improving the Safety of Silicones for Food Use and Future Trends

8. Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Structural Assignments for Silicone Polymers and Oligomers

References

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Index