Migration of Epoxidized Sunflower Oil and Dioctyl Phthalate from Rigid and Plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride)

The aim of this paper is the determination of the specific migration of epoxidized sunflower oil (ESO) from rigid and plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) into food simulants. ESO was obtained by epoxidation of commercial sunflower oil and used as a thermal organic co-stabilizer for PVC. For that purpose, rigid and plasticized (0, 15, 30, and 45wt% of dioctyl phthalate or DOP) PVC films stabilized with ESO in the presence of Zn and Ca stearates were used to perform migration testing in olive oil. The test conditions were 12d at 20 and 40 degrees C and 2h at 70 degrees C with and without agitation. The determination of ESO migration was carried out by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). ESO was quantified by an external standard addition method, using linoleic acid (C18:2) as the external standard. The influence of various parameters, such as the agitation and time of contact, the temperature, the presence or the absence of the plasticizer, and the plasticizer concentration, was considered.