Chemical Migration in Paper and Board Food Contact Materials

88% of tested paper and board straws and takeaway articles contained at least one target substance. This dataset, authored by Mélanie Di Mario and last updated in June 2026, details the investigation of 78 samples for substances like plasticizers, bisphenols, and mineral oils. The associated risk assessment highlights potential concerns for several article types.

Use Cases

• Assessing consumer exposure risks based on detected substances like bisphenol A and primary aromatic amines.
• Comparing contamination profiles between different product types (straws vs. takeaway articles).
• Evaluating the safety of paper-based alternatives to single-use plastics based on chemical migration data.
• Prioritizing substances for regulatory monitoring based on detection frequency and risk assessment.

Strengths

• Analysis covers 78 total samples (20 straws, 58 takeaway articles).
• Targets multiple substance categories: plasticizers, photoinitiators, primary aromatic amines, mineral oils, and bisphenols.
• Risk assessment is included, highlighting specific substances of concern.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small in scale (90.3 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Mélanie Di Mario via figshare.

Collection Method

Samples analyzed using liquid and gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry or flame ionization detector.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 09:59:49; freshness should be verified.