Abstract:
Over the course of the past few years, intelligent packaging of foodhas been used to promote items and offer passive protection from environmental contaminants or factors that shorten the products' shelf lives. Innovative intelligent food packaging has emerged in response to customer demand, rising concerns over food waste and quality difficulties, and growing consumer concerns. The concept of intelligent packaging, which is still in its early stages of development, aims to improve food quality and safety by using the capabilities of communication of the package to aid in decision-making. Intelligent packaging is a term used to describe a package that can detect environmental changes and alert consumers to those changes. Different types of sensors (gas sensors, bio-sensors, intelligent sensorsand fluorescence-based oxygen sensors) and indicators (temperature/time indicator, breakage indicator, carbon dioxide indicator, oxygen indicator, leak indicator, pathogen indicator,freshness indicator (pathogen or microbial spoilage) and color indicator) are used. Consumers can start to reverse the negative alterations that have happened in the food product by using the packaging's sensors, which alert them that the product is compromised. These packaging solutions include components that can sense the functions and qualities of the packaged meals and provide information about them. They may also include an internal or external indication for the determination of the quality and history of active products. There are three main types or groups of these products. The first group is made up of those which bind externally to the packaging material and are called external indicators these includetemperature/time indicators and physical shock. The second group is that which involves internal indications and isplaced inside the package material either affixed to the lid or inserted in the headspace of the package material. Carbon dioxide leak indicators, oxygen leak indicators and pathogen and microbialindicators. The third category of indicators consisted of devicesthat improve the efficiency of information flow and the effectiveness of consumer-product communication. These products include unique bar codesthat showthe date of communication and usage. The milk and meat industries currently use intelligent packaging extensively. One of the most perishable foods, meat can deteriorate and result in serious infections. To alert people about meat rotting in the meat industry, a variety of signs and sensors have been developed. Intelligent packaging can be used as an efficient tool for dairy product preservation and also educates consumers about the full history of the product. As a result, Intelligent packaging results in extendingthe shelf life, enhance safety, improve quality, provide information, and warn us about possible problems.
Page(s):
334-334
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Abstract Book on International Conference on Food and Applied Sciences (ICFAS-23) 3-5 August 23, Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023