Afrah Hasan Ali ¹, Salah Abd Al Mahdi Al Janah ², Marwah Mohammed Hanaf ¹

¹College of Agriculture, Al-Muthanna University, Iraq

²College of Agriculture, University of Kufa, Iraq

Received: Apr 6/ Revised: May 6, 2023/ Accepted: May 12, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47587/CESA.2023.3202

(✉) Corresponding Author: afrah.hasan@mu.edu.iq

Abstract

Plastic has been an important part of our lives for the past decades, as the basic material for many different commodities. The wide use of plastics has significantly impacted many products, especially nutritional ones. Plastic components affect many foods to varying degrees, it depends on the nature of the packaged food, the length of the storage period, and the method of preservation. The high temperatures significantly impacted the migration of many of the compounds present in the plastic coats to the food coat and from there to the consumer, a bad health impact on the consumer. Many researchers and scientists have stressed the need to find suitable alternatives for the manufacture of food coats, these materials were the use of materials derived from non-petroleum polymers, which can decompose and avoid environmental pollution, in addition to not affecting the consumer.

Keywords: Plastic, Food Coat, Plastic Coat Alternatives, Biodegradable Materials.

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Ali, A. H., Al-Janah, S. A. A. and Hanaf, M. M. (2023). The impact of plastic coat on food products and human health: A review. Chemical and Environmental Science Archives, Vol. 3(2), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.47587/CESA.2023.3202

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