Film Based Packaging for Food Safety
and Preservation: Issues and Perspectives 15
Bishwambhar Mishra, Sunita Varjani, Monali Parida,
Gayathri Priya Iragavarapu, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi,
Sanjeev Kumar Awasthi, and Zengqiang Zhang
Abstract
The extensive production of conventional plastics and their use in various food
industries as packaging materials create a significant threat to the environment.
This ends up creating problems concerned with performance, processing, and
overall cost, thus being a big question in dealing with these non-renewable
materials. The bioplastics evolved during development of renewable resources.
As a part of the consequences to the dynamic changes in the present demand of
customer and market scenario, the film-based active packaging system is of huge
importance. The application of packaging systems is not to pose as a “wrap on,”
hence lowering the quality control. It should, anyway, serve as an “add on” for the
protective measures taken to assure the safety and best quality of foods. This
chapter aims to compile information on types of active food packaging systems,
its commercial applications meant for improving food safety and quality with the
extension of its life. It also describes various critical factors to be considered for
commercialization, current market strategy, and legislative considerations, and
application of bioplastic as packaging materials to meet ever-growing consumer
demands with comparatively high quality fresh produce.
B. Mishra
Department of Biotechnology, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India
S. Varjani (*)
Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
M. Parida
Department of Biotechnology, Centurion University of Technology and Management,
Bhubaneswar, India
G. P. Iragavarapu
Department of Biotechnology, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad, India
M. K. Awasthi · S. K. Awasthi · Z. Zhang
College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi
Province, People’s Republic of China
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
A. Singh et al. (eds.), Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7493-1_15
309
and Preservation: Issues and Perspectives 15
Bishwambhar Mishra, Sunita Varjani, Monali Parida,
Gayathri Priya Iragavarapu, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi,
Sanjeev Kumar Awasthi, and Zengqiang Zhang
Abstract
The extensive production of conventional plastics and their use in various food
industries as packaging materials create a significant threat to the environment.
This ends up creating problems concerned with performance, processing, and
overall cost, thus being a big question in dealing with these non-renewable
materials. The bioplastics evolved during development of renewable resources.
As a part of the consequences to the dynamic changes in the present demand of
customer and market scenario, the film-based active packaging system is of huge
importance. The application of packaging systems is not to pose as a “wrap on,”
hence lowering the quality control. It should, anyway, serve as an “add on” for the
protective measures taken to assure the safety and best quality of foods. This
chapter aims to compile information on types of active food packaging systems,
its commercial applications meant for improving food safety and quality with the
extension of its life. It also describes various critical factors to be considered for
commercialization, current market strategy, and legislative considerations, and
application of bioplastic as packaging materials to meet ever-growing consumer
demands with comparatively high quality fresh produce.
B. Mishra
Department of Biotechnology, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India
S. Varjani (*)
Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
M. Parida
Department of Biotechnology, Centurion University of Technology and Management,
Bhubaneswar, India
G. P. Iragavarapu
Department of Biotechnology, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad, India
M. K. Awasthi · S. K. Awasthi · Z. Zhang
College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi
Province, People’s Republic of China
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
A. Singh et al. (eds.), Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7493-1_15
309