Ngamtip Poovarodom

Department of Packaging and Materials Technology

Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University

Bangkok, Thailand

E-mail: fagintp@ku.ac.th

Food Contact Materials R e s e a r c h a n d T e s t i n g C e n t e r

เสวนาพเศษ เรอง รอยตอทหายไปในอตสาหกรรมเกษตร : แนวทางสความยงยนของเศรษฐกจไทย

การประชมวชาการ ครงท 56 สาขาอตสาหกรรมเกษตร ณ หองประชม ศร. 3-204 วนท 31 มกราคม 2561

Packaging and Materials Technology

Research group

Packaging roles in food safety

• Food safety

– Food laws: to protect consumer health

– Global agenda/Trade agreement

• Packaging is an integral part of food products

– to ensure delivery of food to ultimate consumers in the proper conditions intended for its uses

– to ensure safety of food products through out their shelf life

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Food could not be safe, if its packaging is unsafe

How could packaging become potential food safety risks?

• Thousands of chemicals involved in the production

• Interaction between food and packaging materials

• Inexistence of completely inert packaging materials

• Transferring of chemicals into food

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Food Contact materials (FCM)

Migration

chemicals

Food

Migration

Migration

Food Contact Materials R e s e a r c h a n d T e s t i n g C e n t e r

RESEARCH AREAs

Monomer

Additive

Heavy metal

2. Packaged food consumption database

1. Food packaging database

D A T A B A S E

M I G R A T I O N

E X P O S U R E

Research activities

• Consumer-report oriented o Plasticizers from cling films o Chemicals migrating papers

• Scientific-support oriented

o Melamine tableware and cooking ware

o BPA migrating from can coatings

• Database / exposure assessment o Food packaging database o Packaged food consumption database o Exposure assessment on migrating chemicals

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Can coatings application

E X P O R T

L O C A L

Exposure assessment

Hot fatty foods are

categorized into

six groups:

1. To classify food categories

of chemicals migrating from papers

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Food Contact Materials R e s e a r c h a n d T e s t i n g C e n t e r

Knowledge dissemination

P u b l i c a t i o n s

Food Contact Materials R e s e a r c h a n d T e s t i n g C e n t e r

Knowledge dissemination

Missing elements

• Food safety • Food packaging safety

• Regulations • Trade agreement • Demonstration of

compliance • Certified / accredited

service providers

Regulation in Thailand

No migration Houseware

Functional barrier

Basic polymer

Mixture doctrine

“ GMP ”

Regulation in the USA

Framework Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004

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GMP Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006

Ceramics 84/500/EEC

Plastic Regulation (EU) 10/2011

Regenerated cellulose 2007/42/EC

Recycled Plastics 282/2008

BADGE/NOGE 1895/2005

Nitrosamines 93/11/EC

Active &Intell. 2007/42/EC

Papers & Boards (DE, NL, IT, FR, CH)

Adhesives (DE, IT, ES)

Coatings (DE, NL, IT, ES, BE)

Inks (CH, DE (soon))

Ion exchange resins, Rubbers, Glass, Metals, Textiles, Cork, Silicones, Waxes

Regulation in the EU

DoC

GMP DoC

Regulation in the EU

Regulation in Japan

Basic polymers

Additives

Finished Articles (Container/Package)

Monomers

Starting substances

Polymers

Materials (Film, Sheet)

Industry

Voluntary Rules

Regulations (No 370)

Regulations vs Competitiveness

Missing elements

• Food safety • Food packaging safety

• Regulations • Trade agreements

(barriers!!) • Demonstration of

compliance • Certified / accredited

service providers