본 연구에서는 식품용 기구 및 용기·포장으로부터 식품유사용매로 이행되는 12종의 자외선흡수제(Uvinul 3000, Cyasorb UV 24, Uvinul 3040, Tinuvin 312 및 P, Seesorb 202, Chimassorb 81, Tinuvin 329, 234, 326, 328 및 327) 의 분석법을 확립하였다. 식품유사용매 중 물, 4% 초산, 50% 에탄올의 경우 hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) 카트리지로 고체상 추출법(Solid Phase Extraction)을 이용 하였고, n-헵탄의 경우 이소프로판올로 희석하여 HPLCUVD (310 nm)로 자외선흡수제의 이행량을 분석하였다. 확 립된 분석법으로 일회용기, 밀폐용기, 일회용백, 소스병, 물병, 도시락 등 국내 유통 폴리에틸렌(60건) 및 폴리프로 필렌(140건) 재질의 식품용 기구 및 용기·포장 200건으로부터 식품유사용매로 이행되는 12종의 자외선흡수제 이행량 조사 결과, 물, 4% 초산, 50% 에탄올, n-헵탄 4가지 식품유사용매 모두에서 자외선흡수제는 검출되지 않았다. 따라서, 실제 가정에서 폴리에틸렌이나 폴리프로필렌 재 질의 식품용 기구 및 용기·포장을 사용하는 환경에서는 자외선흡수제의 이행 정도는 안전한 수준인 것으로 판단 된다. 또한, 자외선흡수제를 0.1 wt%, 0.5 wt%씩 첨가하여 제작한 시편에서의 이행정도는 0.02~0.5% 수준으로 나타나 통상적인 식품용 기구 및 용기·포장을 사용하는 조건에서 자외선흡수제의 이행량은 크지 않은 것으로 나타났고, 안전한 수준임을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 확립 된 12종 자외선흡수제의 식품유사용매로의 이행량 동시분 석법은 폴리에틸렌 및 폴리프로필렌 식품용 기구 및 용 기·포장의 안전관리를 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

본 연구에서는 식품용 기구 및 용기·포장으로부터 식 품유사용매로 이행되는 10종의 산화방지제(butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), Cyanox 2246, 425 and 1790, Irgafos 168, 및 Irganox 1010, 1330, 3114 and 1076)의 분석법을 확립하였다. 식품유사용 매 중 물, 4% 초산, 50% 에탄올의 경우 hydrophiliclipophilic balance (HLB) 카트리지로 고체상 추출(SPE, Solid Phase Extraction)을 하였고, n-헵탄의 경우 이소프로 필알콜로 희석하여 HPLC-UVD (276 nm)로 산화방지제의 이행량을 분석하였다. 확립된 분석법으로 위생백, 지퍼백, 우유팩, 주스팩, 가공식품용 포장지, 밀폐용기, 일회용기 등 국내 유통 폴리에틸렌(78건) 및 폴리프로필렌(122건) 재질의 식품용 기구 및 용기·포장 200건으로부터 식품 유사용매로 이행되는 10종의 산화방지제 이행량 조사 결과, 총 78건의 폴리에틸렌 식품용 기구 및 용기·포장 중 5건에서 Irganox 1010이 ND~1.444 mg/L 검출되었고, 총 122건의 폴리프로필렌 식품용 기구 및 용기·포장 중 41건에서 Irganox 1010이 ND~3.106 mg/L, 28건에서 Irganox 1076이 ND~4.752 mg/L, 34건에서 Irgafos 168이 ND~ 3.635 mg/L 검출되어 총 3종의 산화방지제가 검출되었다. 검출된 Irganox 1010, Irganox 1076, Irgafos 168에 대해 일 일추정섭취량(EDI)을 계산하고 일일섭취한계량(TDI)과 비 교하여 위해도를 평가한 결과, 폴리에틸렌 재질 중 Irganox 1010은 TDI 대비 0.0067%, 폴리프로필렌 재질 중 Irganox 1010, Irganox 1076, Irgafos 168은 TDI 대비 0.0073%, 0.1800%, 0.0200%로 안전한 수준임을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 확립된 폴리에틸렌 및 폴리프로필렌 식품용 기구 및 용기·포장 중 산화방지제 분석법 및 안전성 평가 결과는 앞으로 기구 및 용기·포장의 안전관리를 위한 과학적인 근거자료로 활용될 것으로 판단된다.

Food contact packaging material should be stable and non-reactive with the food that it is in contact with, and must promote the safety of food. However, for a number of years, there has been evidence that indefinitely small amounts of chemicals could migrate or leach from food packaging materials into the foods they hold. The chemistry and toxicity of such leachates are well-known and documented; and there is a growing concern over the matter among the general public. In addition, food regulatory agencies are imposing more stringent regulations on the maximum allowable amounts of known leachates into foods in recent years. The majority of toxicity studies have revealed that trace amounts of leachates pose no immediate health problems in humans. However, studies on the effects of long-term exposure or synergistic/cumulative toxicity are still lacking. The present review provides an overview of the chemical nature and toxicity of certain leachates from various types of food contact packaging materials that are in wide use.

The actual overall migration data obtained from plastic food packaging materials into food simulants under high temperature testing conditions as described in the regulations of European Union, USA, and Korea or Japan were compared. Overall migration values(OMVs) with non-fatty food simulants under high temperature conditions were observed to be generally below 2.5 mg/dm^2 except polyamides(CPA and PA 6,6) which were tested at 121 for 2 hrs. As for the fatty food simulants, the OMVs with soybean oil were higher than other simulants. Among the films tested, PVC wrap showed higher OMVs ranging betwn 23.9 and 54.6 mg/dm^2 than others. The OMVs were measured at higher level with the elevation of contact temperature and the extension of contact time, and in fatty food simulants rather than in non-fatty simulants. Under similar testing temperature and time conditions. the OMVs tended to be increased in polar films like PA with polar simulants, and contrarily in non-polar films like PO with non-polar simulants. It is noteworthy that a discrepancy with regard to the result of OMVs was observed for some films as a result of different migration testing methods and conditions of each country areas.

Solid phase microextraction (SPME) was used for the determination of 6 standard solvents (methanol, isopropanol, methyl ethyl ketone, ethyl acetate, cyclohexane, toluene) in food packaging materials. SPME method is a solvent-free sample preparation technique in which a fizsed silica fiber coated with polymeric organic liquid is introduced into the headspace above the sample. SPME method using fiber coated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was compared with static headspace (SHS) method used as a reference. It was found that the optimal adsorption condition using PDMS-SPME method was 20 for 15 minutes for the standard solvents. Detection limits, linearity, reproducibility, and recovery of both SHS and PDMS-SPME methods have been determined using 6 standard solvents. Both methods were characterized by high reproducibility and good linearity. Using SHS method, the mean recovery of the 6 standard solvents was ranged from 75.5% to 105.8% with a mean relative standard deviation (RSD) of 0.3% to 4.8%. With PDMS-SPME method, the mean recovery of the 6 standard solvents was ranged from 86.7% to 108.3% with a mean RSD of 0.4% to 2.5%. The detection limits of both methods were the same for toluene, cyclohexane and methyl ethyl ketone; those of PDMS-SPME method were higher than those of SHS method for methanol, isopropanol and ethyl acetate. PDMS-SPME fiber showed excellent adsorption for non-polar solvents such as toluene, while it showed relatively low adsorption for polar solvents such as methanol.