Aluminum-Based Packaging

Stub page. Chuchu et al. 2013 discusses aluminum-based packaging as a plausible source of aluminum contamination in ready-to-drink infant formulas and powdered formula products, including plastic bottle seals, laminate cartons, foil-lined containers, and foil pouches. Dabeka et al. 2011 reports that ready-to-use formula stored in glass bottles contained about 100-300 ng/g more aluminum than the same formula stored in metal containers, but most glass-stored electrolyte and glucose solutions contained less than 8 ng/g aluminum, so the paper does not assign the increase to glass alone. chuchu2013-aluminium-in-infant-formulas dabeka2011-canada-infant-formula-lead-cadmium-aluminum

Evidence Status

This page is a supply-chain graph anchor for packaging-related aluminum evidence. It should not be used to assign a packaging-specific p90 until source-backed migration or controlled packaging-comparison data are ingested.

Sources

• chuchu2013-aluminium-in-infant-formulas — 2013 UK infant formula aluminum survey with packaging discussion.
• burrell2010-aluminium-in-infant-formulas — earlier UK infant formula aluminum survey discussing processing, storage, and packaging as possible contamination routes.
• dabeka2011-canada-infant-formula-lead-cadmium-aluminum — Canadian formula survey with glass versus metal ready-to-use formula packaging comparison.