Migration study of caprolactam from polyamide 6 sheets into food simulants

Polyamide (PA) is widely used in food contact materials for sausage casings, oven/boil-in bags or kitchen utensils. Especially, polyamide 6 (PA 6) is one of the most frequently used polyamides in the food industry. Caprolactam is a monomer used in PA 6 manufacture which may threaten human health. In...