Progresses in Food Packaging, Food Quality, and Safety—Controlled-Release Antioxidant and/or Antimicrobial Packaging
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“P. Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41 A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, 70487 Iasi, Romania
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“Grigore T. Popa” Medicine and Pharmacy University, 16 University Street, 700115 Iaşi, Romania
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Academic Editor: Cédric Delattre
Molecules 2021, 26(5), 1263; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26051263
Received: 18 January 2021
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Revised: 10 February 2021
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Accepted: 17 February 2021
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Published: 26 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Stabilization of Active Principles in Food Packaging Materials)
Food packaging is designed to protect foods, to provide required information about the food, and to make food handling convenient for distribution to consumers. Packaging has a crucial role in the process of food quality, safety, and shelf-life extension. Possible interactions between food and packaging are important in what is concerning food quality and safety. This review tries to offer a picture of the most important types of active packaging emphasizing the controlled/target release antimicrobial and/or antioxidant packaging including system design, different methods of polymer matrix modification, and processing. The testing methods for the appreciation of the performance of active food packaging, as well as mechanisms and kinetics implied in active compounds release, are summarized. During the last years, many fast advancements in packaging technology appeared, including intelligent or smart packaging (IOSP), (i.e., time–temperature indicators (TTIs), gas indicators, radiofrequency identification (RFID), and others). Legislation is also discussed.
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Vasile, C.; Baican, M. Progresses in Food Packaging, Food Quality, and Safety—Controlled-Release Antioxidant and/or Antimicrobial Packaging. Molecules 2021, 26, 1263. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26051263
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Vasile C, Baican M. Progresses in Food Packaging, Food Quality, and Safety—Controlled-Release Antioxidant and/or Antimicrobial Packaging. Molecules. 2021; 26(5):1263. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26051263
Chicago/Turabian StyleVasile, Cornelia, and Mihaela Baican. 2021. "Progresses in Food Packaging, Food Quality, and Safety—Controlled-Release Antioxidant and/or Antimicrobial Packaging" Molecules 26, no. 5: 1263. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26051263
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