Food Packaging. Testing Methods and Applications

Content: New developments in packaging materials / Sara J. Risch -- Edible barriers : a solution to control water migration in foods / Frédéric Debeaufort, Jesús-Alberto Quezada-Gallo, and Andrée Voilley -- Utilization of antimicrobial packaging films for inhibition of selected microorganisms / K. Cooksey -- Modeling of additive diffusion coefficients in polyolefins / J. Brandsch, P. Mercea, and O. Piringer -- The estimation of partition coefficients, solubility coefficients, and permeability coefficients for organic molecules in polymers using group contribution methods / A.L. Baner --The use of model substances for migration studies / Sue M. Jickells ... [et al.] -- Fatty food simulants : solvents to mimic the behavior of fats in contact with packaging plastics / A.E. Feigenbaum, A.M. Riquet, and D. Scholler -- What simulant is right for my intended end use? / Melanie McCort-Tipton and Robert L. Pesselman -- Stability of R-PET for food contact : pilot recycling studies and mathematical confirmation / George Sadler, S. Hussaini, and D. Pierce -- Recycled plastics : experimental approaches to regulatory compliance / Robert L. Pessleman and Melanie McCort-Tipton -- New test methods for highly permeable materials / Robert L. Demorest, William N. Mayer, and Daniel W. Mayer -- Mechanism of aroma transfer through edible and plastic packagings : are they complimentary to solve the problem of aroma transfer? / Jesús-Alberto Quezada-Gallo, Frédéric Debeaufort, and Andrée Voilley -- Prediction versus equilibrium testing for permeation of organic volatiles through packaging materials / Sara J. Risch, William N. Mayer, and Daniel W. Mayer.