SAFETY AND QUALITY OF FOOD CONTACT PACKAGING MATERIALS : FROM CONVENTIONAL TO RECYCLED AND RE-USED PLASTICS

Objective

The objective of the project is to improve the safety assessment of plastic materials intended for food packaging on the basis of the EC directives on food contact materials.

The philosophy is to replace the difficult determination of the contaminants in food by new approaches:

- a simple determination of the contaminants in the packaging material;
- the introduction of a correlation parameter binding the composition of the material to the highest possible contamination of food;
- new materials and recycled plastics will be tested for mutagenic activity and cancerogenicity in addition to the above approaches.

Programme(s)

• FP3-AIR - Specific research and technological development and demonstration programme (EEC) in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 315 - Packaging, distribution and preservation

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)

Address

23 Rue Clement Ader
51100 Reims
France

Participants (6)

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung eV (FhG)

Germany

Address

Schragenhofstraße 35
80992 München

INSPECTIE GEZONDHEIDSBESCHERMING

Netherlands

Address

Postbus 10123
3505 AB Utrecht

NATIONAL FOOD AGENCY OF DENMARK

Denmark

Address

Moerkhoej Bygade 19
2860 Soeborg

Société Dorlyl SNC

France

Address

297 Rue Des Chantiers
76600 Le Havre

Université de Paris XI (Université Paris-Sud)

France

Address

1 Rue Jean-baptiste Clément
92290 Châtenay-malabry

Université de Saint-Étienne (Université Jean Monnet)

France

Address

34 Rue Francis Baulier
42100 Saint-étienne