A Survey of Residual Solvents in Various Inks used in Consumer Product Packaging

Food manufacturers use various printing inks on their consumer product packaging. These inks are typically used on the outside of the package, but are now also included on the packaging material used in the microwave. These inks can contain residual solvents currently monitored in food and drinking water.

This application note will present a survey of consumer product packaging and the residual solvent released from the printing ink using both static and dynamic headspace techniques.

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