Food Preservation and Storage

Food Preservation Storage

Lesson 14: Packaging, labeling and Costing of Food Products

Introduction

Package is a silent salesman as it is a link between the food producer and the consumer. Food packaging is an integral part of the processing and preservation of foods and can influence many factors responsible for spoilage. Packaging can influence physical and chemical changes, including migration of chemicals into foods. The flavour, colour, texture of food as well as moisture and oxygen transfer to food is influenced by packaging. The effects of temperature changes and light can be modified by packaging materials.