Dioxin, contaminants from packaging

A wide range of industrial contaminants may occur in food arising from environmental contamination, from food processing procedures, or from food packaging materials. These substances include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins and heavy metals, nitrosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and acrylamide, and packaging material monomers and plasticizers. [Pg.1475]

Typical contaminants of concern are PCBs and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (dioxins), which are highly persistent environmental contaminants arising from industrial processes, detergents, and disinfectants (especially in milk) that are used in cleaning processes, process contaminants such as PAHs and acrylamide, and food packaging monomers and residual solvents from extraction processes or printed packaging material. [Pg.1482]