Intelligent Packaging Current Technologies and Applications

Intelligent Packaging: Current Technologies and Applications, Volume Six in the Developments in Food Quality and Safety series is the most up-to-date resource on topics such as Advances in the analysis of toxic compounds and control of food poisoning; Food fraud, traceability and authenticity; Revalorization of agrifood industry; Natural antimicrobial compounds and application to improve the preservation of food; Non-thermal processing technologies in the food industry; Nanotechnology in food production; and Intelligent packaging and sensors. This updated volume covers intelligent packaging by discussing the aspects of emerging technologies and strategies to obtain such packaging relevant to the development of traceable food products. Topics such as indicators, sensors, tracing devices, and intelligent packaging used in various food products, such as dairy, meat, fruits and vegetables are also explored. The series is edited by Dr. José Manuel Lorenzo and authored by a team of global experts in the fields of Food Quality and Safety, providing comprehensive knowledge to food industry personals and scientists.

1. Packaging of the future: smart technologies and food quality and safety 2. Intelligent vs. other packaging 3. Intelligent packaging -history and background 4. Intelligent packaging- Indicators 5. Intelligent packaging- Sensors 6. Intelligent packaging- Tracing devices 7. Legal aspects of intelligent packing 8. Intelligent packaging of fruits and vegetables 9. Intelligent packaging of dairy products 10. Intelligent packaging of meat and meat products 11. Interaction of food and packaging 12. Intelligent Packaging and health 13. Intelligent packaging- challenges and solutions 14. Consumer perceptions of smart packaging technologies for food 15. Future trends in intelligent packaging solution

• Provides fundamentals and the latest developments for emerging technologies in food packaging
• Covers the main novel and modern intelligent and sensors technologies and strategies to obtain intelligent packaging
• Explores utilization, optimization, and the development of technologies per se on the developments of intelligent packaging