Safety Standards for Chemical Hazard on Packages

Remember bisphenol A? The "baby bottle containing bisphenol A may cause precocious puberty" incident has passed almost three years, and national standards for the safety of baby bottles remain elusive. Recently, the Enterprise Alliance Standard for "Baby and Baby Bottle Safety Requirements" compiled by the China Toys and Baby Products Association has finally been released, filling the gap in China's bottle product country and industry safety standards.

American scientist Joe Adelton said that many potentially dangerous chemicals are found in food contact materials, including the inner coating of cans, the cover of folding cartons, and the sealing caps of glass bottles. A small amount of chemical components can penetrate the food through these materials. With the increase of temperature, the extension of food storage time and the use of certain types of packaging materials, the diffusion of chemicals will be faster.

According to Adetonichi, more than 4,000 chemicals have been found on food packaging materials. For example, asbestos can be used as an indirect food additive in rubber in the United States, and the carcinogen, formaldehyde, is widely used in PET plastic bottles, but only in relatively low amounts. PET plastic bottles are the most commonly used carbonated beverage packaging materials. In addition, formaldehyde can also be penetrated into foods by using melamine formaldehyde cutlery.

The National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center stated that the sources of plasticizers in foods are relatively complex and the substances themselves have the property of easy migration. After many rounds of investigations, investigations and in-depth analysis, they mainly come from two aspects. One is contact. Food plastic containers, pipes, packaging materials and sealing materials migrate into food. The second is the impact of plasticizers on the food in the environment. For example, soil and plasticizers present in the water may also enter the food chain to affect the food.

As for the hazards of plasticizers, the answer given by the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center is that the effect of plasticizers on human health depends on the amount of intake and the length of time of intake. International animal experiments show that long-term high-dose intake of plasticizers has endocrine disruption and reproductive toxicity, but there are currently no clinical cases of human harm. From the perspective of ensuring human health, according to the research findings of the international authoritative health and health assessment agency, adults will consume DEHP for no more than 3.0 milligrams per day and DBP intake no more than 0.6 milligrams for a lifetime, without causing any health hazards.