Packaging Products

The packaging protects the products and stops them and the energy, water and materials used to make them from going to waste. In the case of food and drink items, packaging continues to protect the items once they are in the home and can extend the period when they are safe to eat and at their best.

Food packaging is defined as enclosing food to protect it from tampering or contamination from physical, chemical, and biological sources, with active packaging being the most common packaging system used for preserving food products. From: Gases in Agro-Food Processes, 2019.

Good packaging should be convenient. Package should be made in a way that the product could be conveniently taken from one place to another and can be handled easily by middlemen or consumers. The size and shape of package also should be convenient for retailers to keep in shop or for consumers to keep at their home.

Easily recyclable plastics include: ? Polyethylene terephthalate (PET): used in drinks bottles, yoghurt pots, ready meal containers and fresh produce trays. ? High-density polyethylene (HDPE): used in milk bottles. ? Polypropylene (PP): used in yoghurt pots and trays.

Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. ... Packaging contains, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells.