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Paper and board as food packaging materials
After reading this article you will..
- understand that product safety of packaging paper and board is important in many ways and it is regulated by laws and standards.
- know that product safety can be measured by human panel or by high tech chemical analysis.
Material testing and product properties
- Why test pulp and paper?
- Fibre properties
- Papermaking properties of pulp
- Fluff pulps
- Chemical analysis of pulps
- General physical properties of paper and board
- Optical properties of paper
- End-use properties of printing papers
- End-use properties of packaging papers and boards
- Tissue papers
- Permanent papers
- Reliability of results in physical testing of pulp and paper
- Quality control at the mill
- Standardisation in pulp and paper testing
Authors & references
Edited by:
Petteri Maijanen, ABB
Original author:
Matti Kainulainen, Liva Söderhjelm
Based on: Kainulainen, M. & Söderhjelm, L. End-use properties of packaging papers and boards (Chapter 10). In: Levlin, J-E. & Sjöderhelm, L. (ed), Pulp and paper testing (Book 17), Papermaking Science and Technology. Jyväskylä. 1999. Fapet Oy. pp. 217-231.
References:
- Materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the council, 2004.
- Hamm, U., Geller, A., Göttsching, L., Das Papier 40(10A):V37(1986) (in German).
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This page has been updated 07.04.2021