This text examines all aspects of packaging technology that are relevant to the processing, preservation, distribution and marketing of virtually all types of food. It includes chapters which discuss: the functions of packaging; risk of contamination; physical and chemical properties of packaging materials; and methodology and economics. The book includes new developments related to the "harmonization" of products within EC countries.
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 160 mm
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978-1-56081-682-9 (9781560816829)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
The functions of packaging; risks associated with potential food contamination caused by packaging; the container and its closure; physical and chemical properties of packaging materials - recent developments; packaging procedures for finished foodstuffs; some significant examples of sectors of the foodstuffs industry where packaging is changing fast; methodology and economics. (Part contents).
