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Introduction

Residual solvents from printing inks and adhesives can remain in flexible food packaging materials and potentially migrate into food, making accurate monitoring essential for consumer safety and regulatory compliance. This application note demonstrates how the PerkinElmer GC 2400 System coupled with the HS 2400 M Headspace Sampler enables sensitive, precise, and reproducible analysis of 16 common residual solvents in flexible food packaging. The study highlights excellent linearity, repeatability, recovery, and negligible carryover, providing manufacturers and testing laboratories with a reliable solution for routine quality control and compliance testing.

Key Takeaways

  • Accurate quantification of 16 residual solvents in flexible food packaging using a validated HS-GC-FID workflow that supports food-contact compliance testing.
  • Outstanding analytical performance, with calibration linearity reaching R² = 0.999-1.000, repeatability typically below 1% RSD, and recoveries ranging from 97% to 102%.
  • Pressure-balanced headspace technology eliminates significant carryover while reducing maintenance requirements and improving laboratory productivity and uptime.
 

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