Government packaging applications

Polystyrene loose-fill packaging material used in US Federal Government applications must meet US Government Specification PPP-C-1683 (12/5/ 1988), Cushioning Material, Expanded Polystyrene Loose-Fill Bulk (for Packaging Application) . Compliance with eight properties is the basis for this... 

The use is examined of plastics in medical applications with reference to the US market for additives for these products. The use of plastics for medical applications, which include products and components of equipment, and packaging, is expected to exceed 4 billion US dollars in the next two years, with perhaps double or treble that figure for the world market, it is forecasted. The regulatory bodies governing the use of additives are reviewed, and specific additives discussed include plasticisers, stabilisers, conductive additives, and lubricants. The production of compounds for use in the medical sector is examined with reference to the activities of leading companies, and brief details of product developments are included. 

The importance of temperature control is significant for laboratory comparisons, accelerated shelf-life studies, and packaging requirements. Also, temperature may be essential when measuring aw levels near critical values, especially for government regulations or critical control points. The precision required in water activity applications will determine the need for temperature control. Several reasons for sample temperature control are ... 

FDA s authority to regulate the use of computers in food plants is derived from FD C Act Section 402 (a) (3). Specifically, conventional food is governed by the CGMP in Manufacturing, Packaging, or Holding Human Food (21 CFR Part 110, April 2001). 21 CFR 110.40(d) provides the regulatory requirements applicable to computer systems ... 

Adimoll DO can be used when regulations and recommendations governing food contact applications need to be met. The FDA has approved this material to be used to make plastic packaging as indirect food additives (substances which may come in contact with food as part of packaging or processing equipment but are not intended to be added directly to food). 

Prolonged liberation of immobilized Cl controlled by evaporation and diffusion governs the protective characteristics of the films. Pol3uner films with contact Cl have gained limited application in mainly skin packaging of metal ware [104]. Their anticorrosion properties depend much on the S3meresis intensity of the liquid Cl during which the inhibitor is transported from the pol uner matrix onto the film surface (the physical-chemical bases of this phenomenon have been considered in Sect. 1.4). 

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