The compliance of heavy metals contents in cork with European Legislation for materials in contact with food and beverages are an important requirement of safety and quality of cork stoppers. However there are few specific regulations for cork. Therefore metrological strategies to assure reliability of analytical measurement results are crucial to ensure that the quantification of chemical contaminants are eff...
Quercus Suber L. is a native species of the Mediterranean region yielding a thick bark, known as cork, used mainly in the production of wine stoppers. The levels of trace elements are an important component of quality, safety and origin of the agglomerated corks stoppers in contact with food. In the present work the concentration of the following elements was determined: Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni), Arsenic (As...
Agglomerated cork stoppers are currently used for still wines, semi-sparkle and gaseous wines, beer and cider. Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) is presently the adhesive in use due to its lowest toxicity comparing with toluene diisocyanate (TDI) previously employed. However, free monomeric MDI can migrate from agglomerated cork stoppers to food stuff and this is worrying subject according to food contact m...
Dissertação de mest., Gestão Empresarial, Faculdade de Economia, Univ. do Algarve, 2011 ; O impacto da crise mundial e o fenómeno da globalização têm sido significativos no tecido empresarial português e, em particular, nas zonas do país caracterizadas por uma elevada concentração de empresas ligadas às indústrias da cerâmica, do calçado ou dos têxteis. O estudo das tendências empresariais nessas regiões poder...
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