Cleanup of Plastics Additives from Edible Oils using Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)

Plastics are ubiquitous in our society and are extensively used in a large variety of packaged foods. There is currently a great deal of interest in measuring the migration of these compounds into food products, as considerable uncertainty exists regarding the human health risks associated with exposure to such compounds. This application note describes the use of gel permeation chromatography (GPC) cleanup to separate a variety of plastic additives from a representative edible oil sample prior to analysis.