Bisphenol F-diglycididylether (BFDGE) and derivates in canned food: Synthesis and analysis

Bisphenol F-diglycidyl-ether (BFDGE) is added to vinylic organosol (PVC) la cquers used for inner coatings of food cans in order to scavenge released h ydrochloric acid during the heat treatment of the coating procedure. In the original Varnish (NOVO-lacquer), BFDGE is present in form of different iso mers as monomer, dimere, and oligomere. All these compounds, together with their chlorohydroxy derivatives, were found in canned foods. Unfortunately, pure standard compounds, which are necessary for proper analysis and toxic ological studies, are not commercially available. Hence, in the present pap er the synthesis and analyses (TC, GC, HPLC) of these substances is present ed. The synthesized compounds were characterized by using mass and H-NMR sp ectrometry. In various samples from the Austrian market the sum of the conc entration of the above compounds exceeded frequently the official limit for the analogue BADGE compounds of 1 mg/kg, mainly by the presence of the cho lorhydrine derivatives.