Security analysis of plastic food packaging

Taiwan plasticizing agent event had caused great concerns for food safety again,particularly for the safety of plastic food packaging. Plastic food packaging posed invisible threat to food security mainly from three aspects including the plastic food packaging materials themselves,the adhesives’ and the printing inks of plastic packaging. First,the residual toxic and hazardous substances migrating and dissoluting from the plastic packaging affected the food quality,resulting in food security issues. Second,the solvent-based polyurethane adhesives’ which had to be used in the production process of flexible packaging composite films bring risks in food security. And last,the color migration and penetration of packaging printing ink threaten the food security. Therefore,the safety of plastic food packaging was analyzed,in order to call more attention to green packaging.