KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (한국포장학회지)

Korea Society of Packaging Science and Technology (한국포장학회)
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Simultaneous Determination of Plasticizers in Food Simulants Using GC/MS

  • Park, Na-Young (Food Additive Standards Division, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Yoon, Hae-Jung (Food Chemical Residues Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Kwak, In-Shin (Food Additives and Packages Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Jeon, Dae-Hoon (Food Additive Standards Division, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Choi, Hyun-Chul (Laboratory Audit and Policy Division, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Eum, Mi-Ok (Food Additive Standards Division, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Kim, Hyung-Il (Food Additives and Packages Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Sung, Jun-Hyun (Food Additives and Packages Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Kim, So-Hee (Food Additives and Packages Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Lee, Young-Ja (Food Additive Standards Division, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
  • Published : 2009.12.31
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Abstract

Migration levels of plasticizers, di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), benzyl-butyl phthalate (BBP), di-n-octyl phthalate(DNOP), di-iso-decyl phthalate (DIDP) and di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DINP), di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA), from 46 poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) wrap films and 54 PVC gaskets into food simulants were determined using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The method was validated with limit of detection (LOD) of $0.01{\sim}0.02\;{\mu}g/mL$ for DBP, BBP, DNOP and DEHA, and $2\;{\mu}g/mL$ for DIDP and DINP. The linearity were found to be > 0.99 for all the compounds in concentration range of $0.1{\sim}81.4\;{\mu}g/mL$, and overall recoveries were ranged from 90.4 ~ 99.6%. DBP, BBP, DNOP, DEHA, DIDP and DINP were not detected in food simulants, except 1 wrap sample from which 0.28 and $0.99\;{\mu}g/mL$ of DEHA were detected respectively when tested with 20% ethanol and n-heptane as food simulants. These values were below the regulatory limitation in European Union (EU).

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