China Plastics ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (10): 131-137.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2022.10.019

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Study on determination of migratable nonvolatile substances from PET⁃containing food contact materials by using ultra⁃high performance liquid chromatography tandem quadrupole time⁃of⁃flight high⁃resolution mass spectrometry screening test

DENG Yuming1(), TANG Lei1, LUO Shipeng2,3()   

  1. 1.Inner Mongolia Dairy Technology Research Institute Co,Ltd,Shanghai 200245,China
    2.Changzhou Safety Testing Center for Entry?Exit Industrial and Consumable Products,Changzhou 213000,China
    3.School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Jiangsu University of Technology,Changzhou 213001,China
  • Received:2022-08-09 Online:2022-10-26 Published:2022-10-27

Abstract:

Aiming to evaluate the potential migration risk substances in PET⁃contained food contact materials, an ultra⁃high performance liquid chromatography tandem quadrupole time⁃of⁃flight high⁃resolution mass spectrometry (UPLC⁃Q⁃TOF) was used to implement screening tests and analyze the unknown non⁃volatile substances migrated from four different types of PET⁃contained food contact materials in 4 % acetic acid and 50 % ethanol simulants. The main migration substances are oligomers formed by polymerized monomers and processing aids such as antioxidants and smooth agents, as well as the NIAS substances formed in the processing and migration processes. Pure materials such as pure PET have less migration substances, while multilayer composite materials have much more migration substances. In the food contact composite materials, the PET materials can be modified by adding adipic acid, sebacic acid, neopentyl glycol or other substances during production. In addition, some of the migrated substances may undergo alcoholysis or addition reaction with ethanol in the simulant, leading to the generation of new risk NIAS.

Key words: ultra?high performance liquid chromatography tandem quadrupole time?of?flight high?resolution mass spectrometry, food contact material, polyethylene gltcol terephthalate, migration, screening test

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