USEtox interface – Food Contact Material (FCM)

Food contact materials are all materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, such as packaging and containers, kitchen equipment, cutlery and dishes

 
Food contact

What is this interface used for?

The FCM interface is used to assess the human and ecotoxicological impacts of chemicals in food contact materials. There are 23 default products currently, including PVC film for pork, PET bottle for water, HIPS cup for yogurt, LDPE bag for rice, cardboard box for rice, HIPS cup for dry soup, etc. The human exposure pathways mainly include direct ingestion of the food in contact with the FCM by the user. For the ecosystem, exposure occurs mainly through FCMs that are disposed to landfill after use, whose chemical components volatilize to air and leach into the freshwater.

Inputs
  • 1 Chemical
  • 2 Product
  • 3 Indoor settings
  • 4 Outdoor region
Inputs
Inputs
Results
Results
Results
  • 1 Exposure & risk results
  • 2 Cumulative impact results