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AIP dinner to address migration of packaging materials into food

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) has secured Dr Oliver A.H. Jones, Senior Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry, School of Science, RMIT University to speak at the AIP VIC Technical Dinner on the July 13.

Jones (pictured) will speak on the topic – ‘Migration of packaging materials into food’.

Coatings in cans, laminates on cartons and glass jar seals; small amounts of chemicals from all these materials can diffuse into food products. The presence of such non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in food, while often unknown by the consumer, is an increasingly significant regulatory challenge for producers.

The presentation will discuss the state of the science in this field and suggest areas of possible future research.

Jones’ background is in analytical chemistry, particularly as applied to biochemistry and pollution. He obtained his PhD from Imperial College London, and then worked as a postdoc at the University of Cambridge and later as a lecturer at the University of Durham.

He is currently president of both the Australia and New Zealand Metabolomics Network and Proteomics and Metabolomics Victoria. He is also secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance; and a member of both the Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS) and the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Chemistry.

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