Nano-Food Packaging: An Overview of Market, Migration Research, and Safety Regulations
Nano-Food Packaging: An Overview of Market, Migration Research, and Safety Regulations
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DOI：
10.1111/1750-3841.12861
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发表时间：
2015-05-01
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3.9
通讯作者：
Ko, Seonghyuk
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作者：
Bumbudsanpharoke, Nattinee;Ko, Seonghyuk
最近，用纳米颗粒生产的食品包装，“纳米食品包装”，在目前的市场上变得越来越多。然而，尽管纳米材料在食品包装应用中的使用越来越多，但对其毒性的担忧影响了消费者的认知和接受程度。相当多的商业化形式的纳米食品包装是用无机材料包覆或复合产品，如纳米银和纳米粘土为代表。几项研究表明，纳米材料有可能从包装或容器迁移到食品中。研究人员仍在争论迁移的程度，以及迁移是否可以忽略不计和安全。由于纳米食品包装可能对人类健康产生巨大影响，政府机构和利益相关者必须尽快确定使用限制并发布结论性立法和法规。本文旨在回顾纳米食品包装在当前市场上的可用性，报告纳米材料迁移的案例研究，并介绍各地区主要国家纳米食品包装的安全法规和管理现状。这一综述应该使政府和研究人员能够开展进一步的纳米材料风险评估研究。
Recently, food packages produced with nanoparticles, "nano-food packaging," have become more available in the current market. However, although the use of nanomaterials is increasing in food packaging applications, concern over toxicity affects consumer perceptions and acceptance. Quite a number of commercialized forms of nano-food packaging are coated or composited product with inorganic materials, for example, nanosilver and nanoclay as representative examples. Several studies have shown the possibility of nanomaterial migration from packaging or containers to foodstuff. The debate is still ongoing among researchers about the extent of migration and whether it is negligible and safe. Government agencies and stakeholders must hurry to determine use limitations and release conclusive legislation and regulations as soon as possible since nano-food packaging may have great impacts on human health. This paper aims to review the availability of nano-food packaging in the current market, report case studies on nanomaterial migration, and present the current status of safety regulations and management of nano-food packaging in leading countries across regions. This review should enable governments and researchers to develop further nanomaterial risk assessment studies.