Plastic, paper and cardboard are widely used as food contact materials (FCMs), due to its
numerous favourable characteristics. However, they are usually coated with hazardous …

Levels of lead (Pb) in tap water that are well below established guidelines are now
considered harmful, so the detection of sub-parts-per-billion (ppb) Pb levels is crucial. In this …

Food contact materials (FCM) are any type of item intended to come into contact with foods
and thus represent a potential source for human exposure to chemicals. Regarding FCMs …

Background: Contamination of vegetable crops (as an important part of people's diet) with
heavy metals is a health concern. Therefore, monitoring levels of heavy metals in vegetables …

Shelf life, a term recognised in EU/UK food legislation, may be defined as the period of time
for which a food product will remain safe and fit for use, provided that it is kept in defined …

Hydrophobic materials extracted from citrus wastes, both peel of mandarin fruits and leaf of
mandarin trees were used to treat food-grade Kraft paper. The chemical compounds of the …

Considering the environmental pollution, food safety is of great concern to the consumers.
The present study was conducted to assess the health risk of cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) …

Recycled paper is an important raw material to provide sustainability of natural resources
and reduce the environmental impact of the use of paper from recycled pulp in the …

Closed microwave digestion and a high-pressure asher have been evaluated for wet-
oxidation and extraction of lead, cadmium, chromium, and mercury from a range of typical …

A study was carried out to determine the levels of two heavy metals, Lead (Pb) and Copper
(Cu), in two popular leafy vegetables grown around Morogoro Municipality in Tanzania …