Defining the Future of Food Packaging

IFT’s fifth Research Summit identified key research areas such as materials science and sensing technologies for improving food packaging.

Food Technology Magazine | Article

BETTY BUGUSU

CORY BRYANT

Last spring, the Institute of Food Technologists convened a Research Summit on “Food Packaging Innovations: The Science, Current Research, and Future Needs.” Summit Committee Chair John Floros, Professor and Head of Pennsylvania State University’s Food Science Dept. and IFT’s President-Elect for 2006–07, opened the summit by appealing to participants to identify research needs and provide a roadmap for the future of food packaging. Floros challenged the attendees to focus on where packaging shou…Defining the Future of Food Packaging


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