Food-grade plastic packaging materials: Barrier function, mass transfer, quality assurance and legislation: Barrier function, mass transfer, quality assurance and legislation

Author: P. Lininger
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is a valuable reference for scientists, technicians, and engineers engaged in food packaging research, production, and application. For organizations exporting food to the EU and the United States, the information provided in this book is highly valuable. Plastics have become an important category of packaging materials. They exhibit relative barrier properties to substances in the environment, which significantly impacts the shelf life and quality of packaged goods. Additionally, the interactions between the packaged product and the various components of the packaging material play a decisive role. This book is essential for anyone seeking the best plastic packaging solutions. It makes it easy to estimate the effects of the environment and packaging on food. The author not only describes diffusion phenomena and transport theories but also explains their implications for practical applications. As a major application area of plastic packaging, food packaging is representative, and this book primarily focuses on it. These findings will also be applied to many other materials and systems. The book outlines the key food packaging regulations and guidelines in the EU and the United States. Furthermore, the author emphasizes testing methods for demonstrating mass transfer and sensory evaluation of product quality. This is of great significance for food safety.