Food Preservation and Storage

Food Preservation Storage

Lesson 15: Packaging, labeling and costing of food products

Advantages of Packaging

• Impervious to moisture, gases, odours and micro-organisms
• Inert and do not react with or migrate into food products
• Suitable for heat processing when hermetically sealed
• Re-useable and recyclable
• Resealable
• Transparent to display the contents
• High and low temperature resistance
• Rigid to allow stacking without container damage
• Does not taint, pollute or affect the quality of product packed in it
• May be coloured for protection from sunlight