Determination of migrated formaldehyde from kitchenware using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Abstract

Formaldehyde is classified as human carcinogen by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) (International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2018); Li et al., 2008). Besides IARC, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, also listed formaldehyde as "known to be carcinogen" in its Twelfth Report on Carcinogens in 2011 (National Toxicology Program, 2016). Thus, food we take for our health may turn into toxic substances when taken regularly in melamine-formaldehyde utensils and in amounts which exceeds the permissible limits. Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 (Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) 1935/2004) which is concern about the quality of the food contact materials, recommends that the plastic food contact materials should not release 10 mg of substance per 1 dm 2 surface area of