Anti-fogging additives

Toronto, Ontario, 24th-28th Aug. 1997, p.417-22. 012 ANTI-FOG ADDITIVES FOR EXTRUDED FILM Falter J A Geick K S Williams J B Lonza Inc. 

Other additives may slow the expected migration rate of slip agents. And surface-acting agents such as anti-stats or anti-fogging agents may also interfere with the effects of slip agents (or be interfered with by them), since they all require exposed surface area to function [12-1, 12-2],... 

The additives used in the production of 1, 2-PBD, such as thermal stabilizers, antioxidants, lubricants, anti-fogging agents, U.V. absorbers and others, should be only those which have been approved by the F.D.A. Therefore, it may be all right to consider that the 1, 2-PBD is safe for food. However, we attempted to obtain some test results about the nontoxicity of the polymer and examined the Regulations of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan. The test items used to confirm the nontoxicity of the 1, 2-PBD tabulate in Table 6. No. is the specification for plastic packaging for foods, except PVC. 

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