Mineral oil contents in paper and board recycled to paperboard for food packaging

Biedermann, Maurus; Uematsu, Yoko; Grob, Koni

doi:10.1002/pts.914

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“…Binderup et al 2002;Ozaki et al 2004;Sturaro et al 2006;de Fa`tima Poc¸as and Hogg 2007;EU Biosafepaper Project n.d.), among them mineral oils. Here mineral oil-saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH), including paraffins (straight chain and branched alkanes) and cyclic naphthenes are distinguished from mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH).…”

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Saturated and aromatic mineral oil hydrocarbons from paperboard food packaging: estimation of long-term migration from contents in the paperboard and data on boxes from the market

Lorenzini

Fiselier²,

Biedermann³

et al. 2010

Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A

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In the absence of a functional barrier, mineral oil hydrocarbons from printing inks and recycled fibres tend to migrate from paper-based food-packaging materials through the gas phase into dry food. Concentrations easily far exceed the limit derived from the acceptable daily intake (ADI) of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). Since the estimation of long-term migration into the food by testing at 40°C for 10 days is difficult, it seems preferable (and easier) to use the mineral oil content in the paperboard. Evaporation experiments showed that hydrocarbons eluted up to about n-C₂₄ are sufficiently volatile for relevant migration into dry food: in worst-case situations, about 80% migrate into the packed food. The extraction of the paperboard was optimised to give good recovery of the relevant hydrocarbons, but to discriminate against those of high molecular mass which tend to disturb gas chromatographic analysis in on-line coupled normal phase HPLC-GC-FID. Even though some of the relevant hydrocarbons had already evaporated, the average concentration of < C₂₄ mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) in the paperboard boxes of 102 products from the Swiss and Italian market was 626 mg kg⁻¹. Nearly 15% of investigated boxes still contained more than 1000 mg kg⁻¹ < C₂₄ MOSH up to over 3000 mg kg⁻¹ (maximum = 3500 mg kg⁻¹). This amount of MOSH in the board have the potential of contaminating the packed food at a level exceeding the limit, derived from the JECFA ADI, hundreds of times.

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Saturated and aromatic mineral oil hydrocarbons from paperboard food packaging: estimation of long-term migration from contents in the paperboard and data on boxes from the market

Lorenzini

Fiselier²,

Biedermann³

et al. 2010

Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A

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“…Usually water‐insoluble substances like mineral oil are most probably not removed at all. Therefore MOSH and MOAH can be found in (nearly) every cardboard packaging material which has been manufactured by use of a certain amount of recycled fibres . Also compounds from printing inks had been found in cardboard packaging materials, from which they can migrate into food or food simulants .…”

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Functional Barrier Performance of a Polyamide-6 Membrane Towards n -Alkanes and 1-Alcohols

Ewender

Welle

2016

Packag. Technol. Sci.

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Polymeric barrier membranes are widely used in the food packaging area. So‐called functional barriers prevent the packed food from contamination of permeants from the environment or from other packaging components. Aim of the study was to determine barrier properties of non‐polar n‐alkanes (n‐pentane up to n‐tetradecane) and polar 1‐alcohols (1‐propanol to 1‐octanol) of a 12 µm biaxially oriented PA6 film at temperatures between 70°C and 100°C. From the experimentally determined lag times, the diffusion coefficients DP as well as the partition coefficients K of the investigated permeants were calculated. From the correlation between the molecular volume V and the diffusion coefficients DP, the lag times for lower temperatures can be predicted for temperatures between 20°C and 70°C. In conclusion, the investigated 12 µm PA6 film is a sufficient barrier towards organic compounds. The permeation of substances with molecular volumes above 200 Å3 is negligible for a shelf life of three years and temperatures below of 60°C. These storage conditions are sufficient for nearly all kinds of food packaging applications. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…For example, polyamide (PA) as well as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) showed very good barrier properties towards mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) and mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH). MOSH and MOAH are contaminants from printing inks found in cardboard packaging materials that have been manufactured by use of a certain amount of recycled fibres . PET and PA are therefore promising barrier materials towards mineral oil hydrocarbons, which might prevent the packed food from contamination.…”

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Determination and Prediction of the Lag Times of Hydrocarbons through a Polyethylene Terephthalate Film

Ewender

Welle

2014

Packag. Technol. Sci.

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Polymeric materials can be used as functional barriers to prevent contamination of food from the environment or from other packaging components, e.g. mineral oil hydrocarbons from printing inks. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is such a promising barrier material. From permeation studies found in the scientific literature lag times, diffusion coefficients or permeation rates towards organic chemicals could not derived because of the slow diffusion process of the permeants in PET. Knowledge about lag times or diffusion coefficients for different permeants, however, is essential for the evaluation of the barrier properties of PET films towards organic contaminants, e.g. mineral oil hydrocarbons.The aim of the study was to develop automated permeation testing method in order to determine the lag times of high-barrier films. From the lag times, the diffusion coefficients as well as the partition coefficients of the alkanes were calculated. In addition, the permeated amounts were simulated by use of diffusion models. Therefore, the lag times can be predicted under different experimental conditions as used in the current study. The results of this study show that the investigated 12 μm PET film is an effective barrier towards mineral oil hydrocarbons. For example, the predicted lag time for n-octane or n-dodecane at 40°C is 8.8 and 210 years respectively.

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Mineral oil contents in paper and board recycled to paperboard for food packaging

Cited by 61 publications

References 7 publications

Saturated and aromatic mineral oil hydrocarbons from paperboard food packaging: estimation of long-term migration from contents in the paperboard and data on boxes from the market

Saturated and aromatic mineral oil hydrocarbons from paperboard food packaging: estimation of long-term migration from contents in the paperboard and data on boxes from the market

Functional Barrier Performance of a Polyamide-6 Membrane Towards n -Alkanes and 1-Alcohols

Determination and Prediction of the Lag Times of Hydrocarbons through a Polyethylene Terephthalate Film

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