The Importance of Food Packaging in a Food Industry
ABSTRACT
Food packaging is simply a way of packaging food, that requires protein, tampering resistance and special physicals, chemical or biological needs, it also shows us how nutritional food information is being consumed, food packaging also has its objectives e.g we have the physical protection, barrier protection, information, transmission, marketing, security, convenience, portion, control, etc.
INTRODUCTION
Food packaging needs to be taken care of extensively. Accordingly, (Brody A.L et al 1997), said there is a way by which food is packaged properly, food packaging is also an act of preparing food in such a way that is prevented from contaminating the environment and at the same time helping in distribution and marketing.
Food packaging according to (Brody A.L et al 1997), also went further to say that food packaging is an area of specialization on its own. The packaging of food has undergone a revolution in recent times. Food packaging has several objectives, without its objectives, the packaging of food is as follows; we have the physical protection where the food that is enclosed in the package, may require protection from, among other things, shock, vibration, compression, temperature, etc. We have the barrier protection from oxygen, water, vapor, dust, etc, which is often required.
CHAPTER ONE
Food packaging is a sealed pack of diced port from Tesco, food packaging has various types and containers, such as packaging types of container and food examples. He also went further to say that there are various packaging types, type of container by food should be well packaged also that there is still food examples which are very important too. Robertson G.L (2002).
Packaging type Types of container Food examples
Aseptic Primary Liquid whole eggs
Processing Primary
Plastic trays Primary Protein of fish
Bags Primary Potato chips
Boxes Secondary Box of cola
Cans Primary Cans of Totaro soups
Cartons Primary Cartons of eggs
Flexible Primary Bagged salad.
Packaging Primary
Pallets
Tertiary:– A series of boxes on a single pallet used to transport from the manufacturer Plant to the distributor care.
Wrapper tertiary:- Used to wrap the boxes on the pallet for transport.
Primary Packaging:- This is simply the act of packaging that holds the food that is being processed.
While
Secondary packaging combines the primary packages into one box that is already made
Tertiary Packaging:- is simply the combination of all the secondary packages into one pallet.
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