ISSN:
1745-4565
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The analysis of several breakfast cereals has shown that methyl chloroform (MCF, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane), a solvent found to be present in the adhesive of the outer box, can migrate from the adhesive through the box and the waxed liner into the cereal. The levels of MCF in the adhesive, the outer box, the waxed liner and the cereal were found to range from 0 to 2.3%, 0 to 19.4 ppm, 0 to 4.8 ppm, and 0 to 0.40 ppm, respectively, in 11 breakfast cereals. The MCF residues were determined using a closed system-vacuum distillation gas chromatographic technique with both electron capture and electrolytic conductivity detection. The results were confirmed by high resolution mass spectrometry.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-4565.1977.tb00265.x
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