The Monitoring on Plasticizers and Heavy Metals in Teabags

침출용 티백 포장재의 안전성에 관한 연구

  • Eom, Mi-Ok (Food Packaging Team, Center for Food Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Kwak, In-Shin (Food Packaging Team, Center for Food Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Kang, Kil-Jin (Food Packaging Team, Center for Food Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Jeon, Dae-Hoon (Food Packaging Team, Center for Food Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Kim, Hyung-Il (Food Packaging Team, Center for Food Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Sung, Jun-Hyun (Food Packaging Team, Center for Food Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Choi, Hee-Jung (Food Packaging Team, Center for Food Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Lee, Young-Ja (Food Packaging Team, Center for Food Evaluation, Korea Food and Drug Administration)
  • 엄미옥 (식품의약품안전청 식품본부 용기포장팀) ;
  • 곽인신 (식품의약품안전청 식품본부 용기포장팀) ;
  • 강길진 (식품의약품안전청 식품본부 용기포장팀) ;
  • 전대훈 (식품의약품안전청 식품본부 용기포장팀) ;
  • 김형일 (식품의약품안전청 식품본부 용기포장팀) ;
  • 성준현 (식품의약품안전청 식품본부 용기포장팀) ;
  • 최희정 (식품의약품안전청 식품본부 용기포장팀) ;
  • 이영자 (식품의약품안전청 식품본부 용기포장팀)
  • Published : 2006.12.30

Abstract

Nowadays the teabag is worldwide used for various products including green tea, tea, coffee, etc. since it is convenient for use. In case of outer packaging printed, however, there is a possibility that the plasticizers which is used for improvement in adhesiveness of printing ink may shift to inner tea bag. In this study, in order to monitor residual levels of plasticizers in teabags, we have established the simultaneous analysis method of 9 phthalates and 7 adipates plasticizers using gas chromatography (GC). These compounds were also confirmed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MSD). The recoveries of plasticizers analyzed by GC ranged from 82.7% to 104.6% with coefficient of variation of $0.6\sim2.7%$ and the correlation coefficients of each plasticizer was $0.9991\sim0.9999$. Therefore this simultaneous analysis method was showed excellent reproducibility and linearity. And limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) on individual plasticizer were $0.1\sim3.5\;ppm\;and\;0.3\sim11.5\;ppm$ respectively. When 143 commercial products of teabag were monitored, no plasticizers analysed were detected in filter of teabag products. The migration into $95^{\circ}C$ water as food was also examined and the 16 plasticizers are not detected. In addition we carried out analysis of heavy metals, lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and aluminum (Al) in teabag filters using ICP/AES. $Trace\sim23{\mu}g$ Pb per teabag and $0.6\sim1718{\mu}g$ Al per teabag were detected in materials of samples and Cd and As are detected less than LOQ (0.05 ppm). The migration levels of Pb and Al from teabag filter to $95^{\circ}C$ water were upto $11.5{\mu}g\;and\;20.8{\mu}g$ per teabag, respectively and Cd and As were not detected in exudate water of all samples. Collectively, these results suggest that there is no safety concern from using teabag filter.

현재 침출용 티백은 그 편리성으로 인하여 전 세계적으로 녹차, 홍차, 커피 등에 다양하게 이용되고 있어 안전성 측면에서 침출용 티백에서 유래될 수 있는 가소제와 유해중금속의 잔류실태 및 식품으로의 이행정도를 조사하였다. 먼저 GC/FID를 이용하여 DEHA, DEHP등 총 16종의 가소제를 동시 분석할 수 있는 분석조건을 확립하였다. 이때 각 가소제 성분에 대한 회수율은 $82.7%\sim104.6%$ 범위였으며, RSD $0.6%\sim2.7%$, 상관계수 $0.9991\sim0.9999$로서 우수한 재현성 및 직선성을 나타내었다. 동 시험법을 적용하여 국내 유통 중인 침출용 티백 재질 143품목에 대하여 재질중에 함유된 가소제를 분석한 결과, 16종 모두 불검출이었고 침출용 티백 재질을 $95^{\circ}C$ 물에서 30분간 침출시켜 식품으로 이행되는 양을 분석한 결과에서도 16종의 가소제가 모두 불검출이었다. 또한, 티백 재질중 유해중금속인 납, 카드aba, 비소 및 알루미늄의 함유량을 ICP/AES를 이용하여 분석한 결과, 티백 재질당 납은 $trace\sim23{\mu}g$, 알루미늄은 $0.6\sim1718{\mu}g$으로 검출되었고, 카드뮴 및 비소는 모두 trace로 검출되었다. 티백 재질을 $95^{\circ}C$ 물에서 30분간 침출한 액에서는 티백당 납 및 알루미늄은 각각 $trace\sim11.5{\mu}g$$trace\sim20.8{\mu}g$으로 검출되었고, 카드뮴 및 비소는 모두 불검출이었다. 따라서 차를 음용하는 시간동안 침출용 티백으로부터 가소제 및 중금속의 이행에 따른 문제점은 없는 것으로 사료된다.X>$114.03{\pm}19.04mg%$, 된장이 $734.32{\pm}147.70mg%$, 청국장이 $600{\pm}150mg%$ 이었다. 색도를 측정한 결과 L(명도), a(적색도) 및 b(황색도)값의 평균치는 고추장은 각각 $14.49{\pm}1.44,\;15.45{\pm}1.77$$8.34{\pm}1.02$로 나타나 적색도에 있어서 다소 낮게 나타났고, 된장은 각각 $26.69{\pm}4.33,\;7.25{\pm}1.03$$12.02{\pm}1.82$로서 명도와 황색도가 다소 낮게 나타났다. 청국장은 각각 $35.62{\pm}2.05,\;6.31{\pm}0.37$$13.50{\pm}0.78$로 나타나 명도와 황색도에 있어서 다소 낮게 나타났다.m25$에 9.4%를 나타내었다. 신체발달점수에서 남대생은 68.3%가 $75\sim85$이었고, 86 이상이 25.3%로 나타난 반면, 여대생은 표준범위가 63.6%의 분포를 나타내었다. 여대생의 나트륨 섭취는 연령과 0.082의 유의성을 나타내었고, 남대생의 복부 지방률은 연령과 0.011의 유의적 차이를 나타내었으며, 여대생의 체단백질랑은 나트륨섭취와 -0.276의 음의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 따라서 본 조사에 의하면 탄수화물:단백질:지방 비율이 $46\sim54:16\sim17:30$ 이상의 수준이었고, 섬유소는 권장량의 20%, 칼슘은 권장량의 $77\sim83%$, 나트륨은 권장량의 $2\sim3$배를 섭취하였는데, 이러한 섭취경향은 체성분에서 특히 남대생 94%가 체단백질량이 표준이상인 반면 남대생

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