Safety regulations of food-contact paper based packaging materials in China,Europe,and American countries were reviewed,and the harmful substances should be detected requested in the regulations were emphasized in detail.

A simple and rapid method was developed for the determination of 7 specified polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) in food packaging paper materials.

The hazard and exposure assessment of DEHP in food contact materials;

Research and application of food packing material;

Rapid determination of formaldehyde in food packaging material by oscilloscopic polarography;

In order to improvement of the China's present control of hygiene safety in the food packaging materials and promote the foreign trade, the management system of the European Union for food packaging materials was interpreted, espercially introducing the directives, regulations and three tiered structme system, which related to plastic materials and articles in contact with foods.

The existing safety problems of some common food packaging materials(such as plastic, rubber, paper, glass, metal, porcelain enamel and pottery)were introduced, and several preventive and control measures were also put forward in this paper.