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What is food packaging?

Enclosing food to protect foodfrom tampering or contamination

from physical,

chemical, or

biological sources.

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Six Functions of

Packaging. !arrier bet"een food and contaminants.

2. Protects food from impact during shipping

and storage.#. $cts as a dispenser

%. Protects food from moisture, gas, odors,and light

&. 'denti(es the contents

). *er+es as a cooking and storage container.

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Food Packaging Materials Metalssteel, tin, and aluminum -- canned foods

Glass -- be+erages, pickles, condiments

Paperusually coated "ith "a, plastics, oraluminum foil -- cartons of milk, crackers

Plastics -- milk /ugs, be+erages, deli salads

Packaging lmscellophane, edible (lms, and

coatings -- candy bars, hot dog casings, chips Laminateslayering materials into one product

-- drink boes

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Packaging Tpes

Food package Food

$septic packaging i1uid "hole eggs

!ags Potato chips

!oes !o of cereal

ans an of soup

artons arton of eggs

Fleiblepackaging

!agged salad

3rappers 4sed to co+er a package.

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!educed oxgen

packaging *ome packaging methods in+ol+e

changing the en+ironment that surroundsfood to increase the shelf life.

5educed oygen packaging 56P pro+idesan atmosphere that has little or no oygenin the en+ironment surround the food.

8hree types of 56P are ontrolled atmosphere packaging :odi(ed atmosphere packaging ;acuum packaging

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"ontrolled #tmosphere

Packaging

ontrols the

mo+ement of gasesinside the package.

4sed "ith

fresh-cut salads.

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Modied #tmosphere

Packaging Flush the food

container "ith a

gas, 62or

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$acuum Packaging 5emo+e all air,

including oygen,

from inside thepackagingen+ironment.

4sed "ith ountry ham slices,

deli meats,

bacon

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%etermination of &hat tpe

of package to use8he type of packaging material used

"ith a speci(c food product depends

on the function the package must perform

the protection needed

conditions of shipping and storage chemical composition of the food