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Volume 5, Issue 3 (Suppl)
Mod Chem Appl, an open access journal
ISSN: 2329-6798
Global Chemistry 2017
September 04-06, 2017
September 04-06, 2017 | London, UK
5
th
Global Chemistry Congress
Analysis of migrated 1-hexene and 1-octene from polyethylene food packaging into food simulants
by HS-GC-MS
Se-Jong Park, So-Ra Park, Yu Mi Cho, Joung Boon Hwang, Jae-Chon Choi
and
MeeKyung Kim
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, South Korea
P
olyethylene (PE) is used in greater volume worldwide than any other plastic as food packaging. This might be due to
PE is cheap, durable, flexible and easy to use. The polyethylene is manufactured by polymerizing ethylene with α-olefin
monomers such as 1-butene, 1-hexene and 1-octene. Food contact materials may contain trace amounts of residual monomers
during the formulation or manufacturing process. However, ethylene and 1-butene are very volatile and easily lost from
processed PE polymer. 1-hexene and 1-octene could be migrated into the food when PE food packaging is used for cooking
and storing. Therefore, it is necessary to determine migration levels of 1-hexene and 1-octene from food contact materials for
food safety. The aim of this study was to determine 1-hexene and 1-octene from PE food contact materials by head space-gas
chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-GC-MS). Migration tests with three food simulants, deionized water, 4% acetic acid
and 50% ethanol were examined at 70oC and 100oC for 30 min under the Korea regulation. Analysis of migration amounts
of 1-hexene and 1-octene from samples was performed by HS-GC-MS (selected ion monitoring mode, HP-1 column). The
method was validated by measuring the limit of detections (LODs), the limit of quantifications (LOQs), recovery, precision and
uncertainty. Based on the optimized method, we monitored the migration of 1-hexene and 1-octene from PE food packaging
materials such as food packaging films, wraps, bags and containers, All the samples were collected from manufactures and
retailed stores. The result of this study can be used as valuable data for the safety control of the PE food contact materials in
Korea.
Biography
Se-Jong Park is a Scientific Officer in Food Safety Evaluation department at Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), South Korea. Her research focuses on food
packaging safety. She has led projects involving development analytical methods, risk assessment and migration of hazardous substances from food packaging
materials.
sjpark517@korea.krSe-Jong Park et al., Mod Chem Appl 2017, 5:3(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2329-6798-C1-006