FEICA Commissions Study on Safety of Packaging Hot Melts
Three approaches were used in the study: extraction of hot melt, migration simulation of hot melt, and real storage tests.
FEICA recently announced that it had commissioned a study from Laboratory Lommatzsch & Säger to look into the potential migration of mineral oil hydrocarbons from typical packaging hot melts. The purpose of the study, titled “Extraction, migration simulation and storage test regarding oligomeric hydrocarbons from hotmelt adhesives used in cardboard packaging,” was to determine the safety of hot melts in adhesives applications, specifically in cardboard food packaging.
The conclusion was that all investigated hot melts were safe for use in the tested application. The study used a systematic approach to examine the migration from hot-melt adhesives and considered correlation factors.