Immersion Method to Assess Safety Foodstuffs Plastic Packaging Materials in Gezira State
- Publication Type
- Original research
- Authors
- A. A. Hussein
- A. E. Sulieman
- Hamzeh Al Zabadi
- A. M. Elhassan
- H. Lgaz
- Salghi
- S. Jodeh
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This study was conducted to assess the safety of the commercial plastic packaging materials in Wad-Medani town which purchased from local market by the consumer for filling, packing and/or preserving foodstuffs. The samples of plastic packaging materials were randomly collected from the local market in Wad-Medani Town in Central Sudan. The immersion method technique was applied to determine overall migration (non-volatile) of plastic packaging materials. The main findings were that, 25% and 16.7% of the commercial plastic packaging materials not applicable and safe in aqueous food types if the pH value of the foodstuff > 4.5 and < 4.5, respectively, when compared with European commission regulations10/2011.
Journal
- Title
- der pharma chemica
- Publisher
- der pharma chemica
- Publisher Country
- India
- Indexing
- Scopus
- Impact Factor
- None
- Publication Type
- Prtinted only
- Volume
- 8
- Year
- 2016
- Pages
- 394-397