Packaging innovation in the context of circular economy
2nd International Conference on Food & Beverage Packaging
June 13-14, 2016 Rome, Italy

Nathalie Gontard

INRA, France

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Food Process Technol

Abstract:

Food packaging is a key player in the smorgasbord of actions to prevent food losses and wastes from production up to consumption. Innovative active packaging is able to control food degradation rate and improve food shelf-life, therefore contributing to reduce fresh food losses. The so called �??intelligent �?? packaging is able to monitor the product quality, trace the critical points, and give more complex information throughout the supply chain such as storage conditions. These new functionalities of packaging are contributing to efficiently complement the �??use-by date�?� or �??best before�?� labels. Moreover, packaging materials are becoming more and more environmental friendly by being produced from agricultural or food wastes or by-products, therefore contributing to the development of a circular economy. Examples of the latest research in these fields will be presented and discussed.

Biography :

Email: gontard@univ-montp2.fr