Few technologies in food and food packaging merit their own periodical, but Flexible Packaging, published by the Flexible Packaging Association, produces a host of prescient communications each month. There is no question that flexible packaging has exerted a profound influence over food protection during its more than 100 years of existence. More than 20% of all food packaging is flexible; this is a deceptive statistic since thin film flexible packaging mass envelops a much larger surface area …