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Monitoring of Butyltin Compounds in PVC Food Packaging - Determination of Butyltin Compounds in PVC Wrap and Gasket for Food Packaging by GC/MS  

Sung, Jun-Hyun (Food Packaging Team, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
Yoon, Hae-Jung (Food Packaging Team, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
Choi, Hyun-Cheol (Food Packaging Team, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
Jeon, Dae-Hoon (Food Packaging Team, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
Eom, Mi-Ok (Food Packaging Team, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
Kim, Hyung-Il (Food Packaging Team, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
Park, Na-Young (Food Packaging Team, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
Lee, Eun-Joon (Food Packaging Team, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
Lee, Young-Ja (Food Packaging Team, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
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Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology / v.39, no.6, 2007 , pp. 715-720 More about this Journal
Abstract
The levels of butyltin compounds in poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) food packaging using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) were monitored. The analytical method, involving the ethylation with sodium tetraethylborate, was found to be selective and sensitive for mono-n-butyltin (MBT), di-n-butyltin (DBT), and tri-n-butyltin (TBT), validated by a $0.005\;{\mu}g/mL$ limit of detection (LOD), an $R^2>0.999$ for linearity, and >90% of recovery, respectively. Finally, none of the commercial food wraps and gaskets showed detectable levels of butyltin compounds.
Keywords
butyltin; poly(vinyl chloride); food packaging;
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