What is food packaging testing?

Food Packaging

Post the breakthroughs in the packaged food industry and home food delivery services that have become the norm today, the demand for packaged food has risen dramatically. Due to the online food delivery mechanisms that are cost efficient, convenient and enticing to the tongue, the trend for packaged food habits have been adopted by one and all which has, in turn, raised concerns regarding food packaging standards in India and abroad.

How a particular food item will be packed depends upon the nature, perishability and lifetime of the product, it is said that it is the packaging that impresses the consumers first and not the taste but packaging necessarily doesn't mean in the aesthetic appeal of the product but it signifies the quality of packaging in which the product is handed for disposal to the customer.

Food Quality

There is a great deal of research that has been put to what materials must be used to pack a particular food item in a particular way so that it remains in its best form for a maximum period of time and does not react with the flavours of the food items which can lead to the food becoming toxic for human consumption. Since food items are subject to many quality and hygiene checks, several regulatory organisations have also issued specific guidelines that must be followed by producers while determining standard packaging procedures. Henceforth, testing the quality of such packaging becomes essential and in this process, the task of food packaging laboratories comes into play.

Food Packaging Laboratories

Food packaging laboratories conduct specific tests by using food samples and packaging material to measure the viability of the packaging to sustain the food item inside it in the most effective way. Packaging testing ensures that the packaging material provides sufficient insights for protection from microorganisms to enter the product, it also provide safety, durability, spill protection guidance in terms of liquid food items and in the maintenance of standards of hygiene.

Food Chemical Testing

Chemical testing is conducted by labs on foods that have direct contact with plastics or foils or other high contact materials in which the item is contained for reactive results to ascertain if exposure to a certain material does not make the food unfit for consumption.

Several gases are also used in packaging food items such as chips, packed vegetables and drinks which must not be harmful to human health, hence a comprehensive evaluation of all these variables is a necessity before releasing the product out in the market, several companies today are known for their quality since it always maintains  consumers trust on the product for a long period  since quality and hygiene are the fundamental concerns of any consumer.

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