Food Packaging and Shelf Life: A Practical Guide

Organized according to specific food products, this practical handbook defines the indices of failure for foods as diverse as milk, fruits, bottled water, juices, vegetables, fish, and beef. It discusses the deteriorative reactions for each and reviews how different packaging materials may influence time to failure and thus shelf life. Biobased packaging is examined in a separate chapter as is the impact of active packaging on shelf life. Packaging and the microbial shelf life of foods is the subject of another chapter, while a further chapter discusses shelf life testing methodology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420078445
• ISBN13: 9781420078442
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.1"