J 2017

Scientific Challenges in the Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials

MUNCKE, Jane, Thomas BACKHAUS, Birgit GEUEKE, Maricel V. MAFFINI, Olwenn Viviane MARTIN et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Scientific Challenges in the Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials

Autoři

MUNCKE, Jane (756 Švýcarsko), Thomas BACKHAUS (752 Švédsko), Birgit GEUEKE (756 Švýcarsko), Maricel V. MAFFINI (840 Spojené státy), Olwenn Viviane MARTIN (840 Spojené státy), John Peterson MYERS (840 Spojené státy), Ana M. SOTO (840 Spojené státy), Leonardo TRASANDE (840 Spojené státy), Xenia TRIER (208 Dánsko) a Martin SCHERINGER (756 Švýcarsko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES, Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services, 2017, 0091-6765

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10511 Environmental sciences

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 8.440

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00114995

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000413792800008

Klíčová slova anglicky

ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; PACKAGING MATERIALS; MASS-SPECTROMETRY; SAFETY ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCES; EXPOSURE; MIGRATION; QUANTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; THRESHOLD

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 23. 3. 2021 15:16, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

BACKGROUND: Food contact articles (FCAs) are manufactured from food contact materials (FCMs) that include plastics, paper, metal, glass, and printing inks. Chemicals can migrate from FCAs into food during storage, processing, and transportation. Food contact materials' safety is evaluated using chemical risk assessment (RA). Several challenges to the RA of FCAs exist. OBJECTIVES: We review regulatory requirements for RA of FCMs in the United States and Europe, identify gaps in RA, and highlight opportunities for improving the protection of public health. We intend to initiate a discussion in the wider scientific community to enhance the safety of food contact articles. DISCUSSION: Based on our evaluation of the evidence, we conclude that current regulations are insufficient for addressing chemical exposures from FCAs. RA currently focuses on monomers and additives used in the manufacture of products, but it does not cover all substances formed in the production processes. Several factors hamper effective RA for many FCMs, including a lack of information on chemical identity, inadequate assessment of hazardous properties, and missing exposure data. Companies make decisions about the safety of some food contact chemicals (FCCS) without review by public authorities. Some chemical migration limits cannot he enforced because analytical standards arc unavailable. CONCLUSION: We think that exposures to hazardous substances migrating from FCAs require more attention. We recommend a) limiting the number and types of chemicals authorized for manufacture and b) developing novel approaches for assessing the safety of chemicals in FCAs, including unidentified chemicals that form during or after production.