Signaling Food Spoilage

Axiomatic in the education of every food scientist and food technologist is that food loses quality over time and that packaging’s role is to help delay that change. At a minimum, food spoilage can lead to waste; at its worst, it can cause illness or death. Thus, the food profession’s main objectives are food preservation and maintenance of food safety. As well as food professionals are achieving these goals, and for this they should be proud, the methods to achieve these goals are n…