Features:

• An up-to-date and comprehensive handbook in the most important area of packaging technology
• Links methods of food preservation to the packaging requirements of the common types of food and the available food packages
• Includes chapters on specific foods as well as chapters with more general relevance to the food industry
• Discusses food hygiene and food labeling requirements

Food Packaging Technology covers the methods of food preservation as they relates to packaging, followed by chapters on the packaging requirements of the common types of food and the available food packages.

Each chapter considers current practice and likely future developments. The authors also devote a chapter to package design and how it communicates with consumers. The final chapter details the importance of food hygiene and package labeling.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Food Biodeterioration and Methods of Preservation
3. Packaged Product Quality and Shelf Life
4. Logistical Packaging for Food Marketing Systems
5. Metal Cans
6. Packaging of Food in Glass Containers
7. Plastics in Food Packaging
8. Paper and Paperbound Packaging
9. Active Packaging
10. Modified Atmosphere Packaging

Index

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