Indirect Food Additives and Polymers: Migration and Toxicology

by Victor O. Sheftel

Overview

More foods are now packaged in containers designed for direct cooking or heating, which encourages movement of substances into the foods. Indirect Food Additives and Polymers: Migration and Toxicology is an impressive review of basic regulatory, toxicological, and other scientific information necessary to identify, characterize, measure, and predict the hazards of nearly 2,000 of the plastic-like materials employed in packaging and identified by the FDA as indirect food additives. It presents the data underlying federal regulations, previously unavailable in one volume, and is a convenient resource for anyone working in the large number of related disciplines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040056547
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	03/30/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1320
File size:	4 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction. Monomers. Plasticizers. Stabilizers. Catalysts, Initiators, Curing and Cross-Linking Agents. Rubber Ingredients. Solvents. Other Additives. Polymers. Index.

Editorial Reviews

This handbook provides regulatory, toxicological, and other scientific information on the toxic effects of almost 2000 plastic-like materials employed in packaging. The chemicals are categorized by monomers; plasticizers; stabilizers; catalysts, initiators, hardeners, curing, and cross-linking agents; rubber ingredients; solvents; other additives; and polymers. The entries list molecular formula, mass, CAS number, RTECS number, properties, applications and exposure, migration data, short- and long-term toxicity, carcinogenicity, and regulations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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