Food Packaging Materials Testing And Quality Assurance (Hb 2017) Hardcover

Food Packaging Materials: Testing & Quality Assurance is one of the first books dedicated to testing and ensuring the quality of packaging materials. It provides essential information for food scientists, polymer chemists, and packaging technologists to identify practical solutions for packaging defects and to develop innovative packaging materials for food products. Understanding packaging material testing procedures is crucial for creating new packaging solutions. Unlike other books on packaging, this reference focuses on basic, hands-on approaches to testing materials. The book covers a variety of packaging materials, with glass, paper, metal, and plastics being the most significant. It emphasizes the importance of material properties such as mechanical strength, permeability, sealing, and migration of substances when in contact with food, all of which affect food quality, shelf life, and safety. Consequently, packaging materials must be tested to ensure they have the proper permeability for gases, water vapor, and contaminants, as well as the right mechanical properties and thickness of components and coatings. This comprehensive guide addresses food packaging material testing in relation to packaging integrity, product shelf life, and compliance with current regulations. Written by experts in food packaging, package testing, and food contact regulations, it tackles the challenges through clearly defined chapters. It explores the relationship between packaging properties and product shelf life, and discusses testing methods for plastics, metal, glass, and paper, covering areas such as vibration, permeation, and migration tests. This book is a valuable resource for students, scientists, and professionals in the food packaging field.