EU RESEARCH PROJECT TO PREVENT COSTLY FOOD-PLASTICS MIGRATION MISCALCULATIONS
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) researchers have developed new computer test models for assessing the likely migration of plastics ingredients from packaging into foodstuffs, which they say will save manufacturers from underestimating contamination, risking expensive recalls. The EU 'FOODMIGROSURE' project, led by Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV), has developed mathematical models based on extensive tests using various plastics and foodstuffs: one shows how plastics ingredients move about in plastic; another shows how ...
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