IFT Press Book Examines Packaging for Nonthermal Processing of Food

Packaging for Nonthermal Processing of Food, Second Edition, edited by Melvin A. Pascall and Jung H. Han (ISBN: 978-1-119-12685-0), has been revised and updated for the first time in a decade. The text addresses packaging implications for recent nonthermal processing technologies and mild food preservation, including high-pressure processing, irradiation, pulsed electric fields, microwave sterilization, and other hurdle technologies.

The chapter contributors review typical nonthermal processes, the characteristics of food products after nonthermal treatments, and packaging parameters to preserve the quality and enhance the safety of the products. In addition, the critical role played by packaging materials during the development of a new nonthermal processed product, and how the package is used to make the product attractive to consumers, is discussed.

Packaging for Nonthermal Processing of Food, Second Edition also provides up-to-date assessments of consumer attitudes toward nonthermal processes and novel packaging—both in the United States and Europe. A new chapter covers smart packaging, including thermal, microbial, chemical, and light-sensing biosensors, radio frequency identification systems, and self-heating and self-cooling packaging. There is also a new overview of packaging laws and regulations in the United States and Europe.

Bringing a valuable mix of industry and research experience, Packaging for Nonthermal Processing of Food, Second Edition offers many benefits to the food industry by providing practical information on the relationship between new processes and packaging materials—to academia as a source of fundamental knowledge about packaging science and to regulatory agencies as an avenue for acquiring a deeper understanding of the packaging requirements for new processes.

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