德国xx风险评估所（BFR）于2010年3月16日公布了一项关于食品接触材料可能产生矿物油迁移的风险声明。

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BFR) published an announcement about the risk of migration of mineral oil from packaging materials to foodstuffs on March 16, 2010.

为了生态平衡，包装用卡纸大多是由回收纸制成。瑞士研究表明由废弃材料制成的卡纸含有大量的矿物油，矿物油主要来源于印刷报纸用的油墨。如果用这样的材料包装食物，则可能会有大量的矿物油迁移至食物中。矿物油主要由短链烃和芳香烃组成，短链烃极易被人体吸收，常期摄入这类被污染的食物将产生极大的毒性。动物研究表明低粘度的矿物油会在体内累积并对肝脏、心脏瓣膜和淋巴节造成损伤。

For ecological purposes, cardboard packaging material is largely made from recycled paper. Swiss studies have shown that cardboard boxes made from recycled material can contain significant portions of mineral oil. The mineral oils stem from printing ink which is commonly used in newspaper printing. If food such as rice is packaged in such cardboard boxes, it is possible that increased amounts of mineral oils can migrate from the cardboard to the foodstuff. Due to the large portion of mineral oil fractions with short chain and aromatic hydrocarbons, such contaminations of foodstuffs are adverse. Short chain hydrocarbons are more easily taken up by the body. Frequent intake of such contaminated foodstuffs can thus lead to exceedance of the toxicological limit values. Animal studies have shown that mineral oil mixtures with low viscosity are stored in the body and can lead to accumulations and damage in the liver, heart valves and lymph nodes. As a result of this data, BFR in its assessment came to the conclusion that there is an urgent need to minimise the migration of mineral oils to foodstuffs.

根据这些研究结果，BFR表明迫切需要采取措施减少矿物油的迁移。德国食品、农业与消费者保护部也要求BFR采取可行措施。BFR建议使用内袋以减少矿物油的迁移；另外一个选择就是采用xx纤维来制造这类食品接触材料。由于印刷油墨中的矿物油的摄入可通过皮肤接触产生，因此正在研究改变报纸用印刷油墨的组分。

In order to reduce this substance migration, the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) has asked BFR to recommend possible courses of action. For foodstuffs that are especially prone to contamination with mineral oils, BFR provides the option to use inner bags in order to prevent substance migration from the cardboard box. An additional option for these foodstuffs is the use of cardboard made from virgin fibre. Further options to be investigated include changing the composition of printing inks used in newspaper printing and to refrain from using mineral oils that are cause for health concern. This suggestion is further supported by the fact that the uptake of mineral oils from printing inks can also occur through skin contact.