FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPARAMETER-REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR FOOD CONTACT MATERIAL TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION

Giovanna Zappa, Claudia Zoani, Liliana Liverani, Antonella Rizzo, Loredana Tammaro, Roberto Terzi, Daniele Valerini

Abstract:

This paper reports a feasibility study for the development of a Multiparameter-Reference Material (RM) to be employed for food contact material testing and characterization. Two test batches were prepared starting from a film of Poly-Lactic Acid (PLA) and from the same film coated with a silver layer (Ag-PLA) and then they were submitted to optical, morphological, mechanical and chemical characterization. The final objective is to obtain a RM to be certified for chemical composition, to be accompanied by reference values for migration tests (also for evaluating nanoparticle release) and optical and mechanical properties.
Keywords:

reference materials, food contact materials, packaging, Poly-Lactic Acid, Ag-PLA, migration testing
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IMEKO-WC-2015-TC23-453.pdf
DOI:

_unreg_wc-2015.453

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