Study on Detection and Migration of Diethylene Glycol in PET Food Packaging Containers
WANG Jun, WANG Wei-shan, YANG Xue-jun, XU Chao, ZHANG Zhi-li, WU Ji-wei
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Shandong Supervision and Inspection Institute for Product Quality, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Test Technology for Material Chemical Safty, Jinan 250103, China
By combining GC and FTIR characterization, the existing form, content and migration of diethylene glycol (DEG) in PET container for food packaging were investigated. In addition, a fast and accurate external standard method was established to determine the total quantity and monomer quantity of DEG remained in PET container. The results showed that DEG molecules existed in the PET are in the form of interchain aether bonds and monomers, and the previous form dominates. Furthermore, the DEG migration results revealed that the migration quantity is the highest in an acid food simulant under the most severe condition; the migration quantity increases with temperature rising and time extending.
WANG Jun, WANG Wei-shan, YANG Xue-jun, XU Chao, ZHANG Zhi-li, WU Ji-wei.
Study on Detection and Migration of Diethylene Glycol in PET Food Packaging Containers[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2011(19): 28-32