What’s Active in Active Packaging

Active packaging has been investigated for more than 40 years, or ever since passive packaging embracing oxygen and water vapor barriers became important to the protection of food and beverage products during distribution, that trek from the end of the production line to the consumer’s tummy.

How important is active packaging today to the world food packaging community? Folks in the proprietary conference business have been organizing events on the subject for this year and next, and one book, Ac…