Active and intelligent packaging in meat industry

Background: Microbial contamination and lipid and protein oxidation are major concerns for meat and meat products in terms of food safety and quality deterioration. The meat quality and safety properties are highly dependent on packaging materials and technologies. Scope and approach: To achieve lon...

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Main Authors: Fang, Z., Zhao, Y., Warner, R., Johnson, Stuart
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51122
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author Fang, Z.
Zhao, Y.
Warner, R.
Johnson, Stuart
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description Background: Microbial contamination and lipid and protein oxidation are major concerns for meat and meat products in terms of food safety and quality deterioration. The meat quality and safety properties are highly dependent on packaging materials and technologies. Scope and approach: To achieve longer shelf life, active packaging and intelligent packaging have been developed to change the conditions of the package, impart information, monitor the product supply chain, and provide anti-counterfeit functionality. This will effectively enhance food safety and quality and consequently increase the product value, convenience, and consumer satisfactions. This review analyzes the recent developments in active and intelligent packaging in the meat industry, in both research and commercial domains. The global patents and future research trends are also discussed. Key findings and conclusions: Active and intelligent packaging offer great opportunities for enhancing meat safety, quality, and convenience, and consequently decrease the number of retailer and consumer complaints. Some important factors such as legislation concerns (e.g. migration of active substances from packaging materials, labelling), economics and consumers' preferences should be considered to successfully implement antimicrobial and intelligent packaging solutions in the meat industry.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-511222017-09-13T15:48:50Z Active and intelligent packaging in meat industry Fang, Z. Zhao, Y. Warner, R. Johnson, Stuart Background: Microbial contamination and lipid and protein oxidation are major concerns for meat and meat products in terms of food safety and quality deterioration. The meat quality and safety properties are highly dependent on packaging materials and technologies. Scope and approach: To achieve longer shelf life, active packaging and intelligent packaging have been developed to change the conditions of the package, impart information, monitor the product supply chain, and provide anti-counterfeit functionality. This will effectively enhance food safety and quality and consequently increase the product value, convenience, and consumer satisfactions. This review analyzes the recent developments in active and intelligent packaging in the meat industry, in both research and commercial domains. The global patents and future research trends are also discussed. Key findings and conclusions: Active and intelligent packaging offer great opportunities for enhancing meat safety, quality, and convenience, and consequently decrease the number of retailer and consumer complaints. Some important factors such as legislation concerns (e.g. migration of active substances from packaging materials, labelling), economics and consumers' preferences should be considered to successfully implement antimicrobial and intelligent packaging solutions in the meat industry. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51122 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.01.002 Pergamon Press restricted
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Zhao, Y.
Warner, R.
Johnson, Stuart
Active and intelligent packaging in meat industry
title Active and intelligent packaging in meat industry
title_full Active and intelligent packaging in meat industry
title_fullStr Active and intelligent packaging in meat industry
title_full_unstemmed Active and intelligent packaging in meat industry
title_short Active and intelligent packaging in meat industry
title_sort active and intelligent packaging in meat industry
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51122