MECHANICAL GRINDING OF SPICES IN GRINDERS WITH POLYMERIC BURRS AND TRANSFER OF MICROPLASTICS TO FOOD

Łukasz Zbucki; Ewa Plażuk

doi:10.5114/hpc.2024.135399

eISSN: 2354-0265
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MECHANICAL GRINDING OF SPICES IN GRINDERS WITH POLYMERIC BURRS AND TRANSFER OF MICROPLASTICS TO FOOD

Łukasz Zbucki

¹

,

Ewa Plażuk

²

Department of Management, John Paul II University in Biała Podlaska, Poland

Regional Research Center for Environment, Agriculture and Innovative Technologies EKO-AGRO-TECH, John Paul II University in Biała Podlaska, Poland

Health Problems of Civilization

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/hpc.2024.135399

Online publish date: 2024/03/19

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Background
Nowadays, researchers are alarming that our everyday food products may be contaminated with plastics during the processing and packaging process. Plastic polymers and harmful chemical additives, such as plasticizers, dyes or modifiers, may enter our body along with food in the form of microplastic particles and cause harm to human health. Risk assessment of microplastics in food products is still at an early stage due to the heterogeneity of research and methodology.

Material and methods
The present study analyzed the abrasion of plastic particles from several different Himalayan salt and black pepper grinders with burrs made of polymers using FT-IR and SEM techniques.

Results
The study confirms the effect of the polymers used on the amount of microplastic released as well as the rate of wear of the grinder burrs from the ground spice.

Conclusions
Determining the impact of using such devices on human health requires however further research.

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MECHANICAL GRINDING OF SPICES IN GRINDERS WITH POLYMERIC BURRS AND TRANSFER OF MICROPLASTICS TO FOOD

Łukasz Zbucki 1 , Ewa Plażuk 2

wear of burrs, Himalayan salt, spice grinders, microplastics, black pepper

Łukasz Zbucki

¹

,

Ewa Plażuk

²