2014/06/02

New whitepaper on the topic of “Food Packaging”

Influenceable factors for migration

Food packaging safety is an issue to which Henkel – as the world’s largest adhesives manufacturer – is deeply committed. On its knowledge platform “Food Safe Packaging Portal”, Henkel presents a new whitepaper about “Influenceable factors for migration”. In her whitepaper, Henkel expert Dr. Monika Tönnießen describes ways to enhance food safety by influencing the migration.
Migration is an important phenomenon for packed food and can cause a contamination which leads to a quality loss of the packed food. It even can make the foodstuff inedible. To avoid such problems the migration should be reduced to a minimum level possible. The structure of the packaging, storage temperature and time and the amount of adhesive applied for example can influence migrations risks. Monika Tönnießen provides a summary as well as information and insights into relevant topics. Interested people can visit www.henkel.com/foodsafety to register for the premium area, where the whitepapers can be found along with a comprehensive glossary and further videos covering a range of key issues on food safe packaging adhesives.
Henkel operates worldwide with leading brands and technologies in three business areas: 
Laundry & Home Care, Beauty Care and Adhesive Technologies. Founded in 1876, Henkel holds globally leading market positions both in the consumer and industrial businesses with well-known brands such as Persil, Schwarzkopf and Loctite. Henkel employs about 47,000 people and reported sales of 16.4 billion euros and adjusted operating profit of 2.5 billion euros in fiscal 2013. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX.

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Contact	Holger Elfes	Lisa Kretzberg
Phone	+49 211 797-99 33	+49 211 797-56 72
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Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

The following material is available: 
Henkel expert Dr. Monika Tönnießen.