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Safety and Sustainability Aspects of Food Packaging
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2025
- Editors: Swarna Jaiswal, Nur Alim Bahmid, Amit K. Jaiswal
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 7 6 8 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 7 6 9 - 9
Safety and Sustainability Aspects of Food Packaging is a volume of the Sustainable Food Packaging series and serves as a comprehensive guide to the multifaceted world of food packa… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSafety and Sustainability Aspects of Food Packaging is a volume of the Sustainable Food Packaging series and serves as a comprehensive guide to the multifaceted world of food packaging. Organized into three sections, this book explores critical aspects of packaging safety, sustainability, and regulatory compliance. Section 1 provides an overview of the historical background and current trends in food packaging, different types of food packaging materials, and their properties and applications. Section 2 explores innovative solutions for sustainable packaging, covering advances in bioplastics, bio-based and biodegradable materials, packaging optimization, logistics, carbon footprint reduction, environmental impact assessment, life cycle analysis, and circular economy principles. Section 3 examines the legal and regulatory aspects of food packaging, including key regulations, safety standards, consumer perceptions, marketing claims, packaging labeling, compliance, and consumer education.
With the growing importance of sustainability and increasing regulatory requirements, this first volume of the Sustainable Food Packaging series serves as an authoritative reference for researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, and students. It provides a comprehensive resource for navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of food packaging, addressing current challenges while highlighting advancements that promote safer, more sustainable, and legally compliant packaging solutions.
With the growing importance of sustainability and increasing regulatory requirements, this first volume of the Sustainable Food Packaging series serves as an authoritative reference for researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, and students. It provides a comprehensive resource for navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of food packaging, addressing current challenges while highlighting advancements that promote safer, more sustainable, and legally compliant packaging solutions.
- Covers fundamentals of food packaging, including history, materials, functionality, and consumer perception
- Explores food safety, focusing on contamination, migration risks, shelf life, and testing
- Highlights sustainable packaging, including biodegradable, edible, and bio-based materials
- Provides insights into recycling, waste management, and carbon footprint reduction
- Offers in-depth analysis of regulations, covering compliance, safety standards and labeling
Professionals and researchers working in the food packaging industry, including packaging engineers, food scientists, product development specialists, regulatory experts, and sustainability professionals
Section 1: Foundations of Food Packaging
1. Introduction to Food Packaging: Historical Overview, Sustainability, and Current Trends
2. Food Packaging Materials: Types, Properties, and Applications
3. Food Packaging Design: Sustainability, Functionality, Aesthetics, and Consumer Perception
4. Food Safety and Packaging: Contamination Prevention, Preservation, and Shelf Life Extension
5. Food Packaging Safety: Preventing Migration of packaging components to food products
6. Food Packaging Testing, Safety and Quality Control: Standards, Protocols, and Best Practices
Section 2: Sustainable Food Packaging
7. Sustainable Packaging Materials: Recent Advances in Bioplastics, Bio-based Materials, and Renewable Resources
8. Edible and Biodegradable Food Packaging: Recent Developments and challenges in Materials and Applications
9. Design for Recycling and Circular Economy: Cradle-to-Cradle Principles and Practices
10. Food Packaging Waste Management: Recycling, Biodegradation, and Zero-waste Solutions
11. Sustainable Packaging in the Supply Chain: Packaging Optimization, Logistics, and Carbon Footprint Reduction
12. Sustainable Food Packaging: Environmental Impact, Life Cycle Analysis, and Innovative Solutions
Section 3: Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Food Packaging
13. Regulatory and Legal Considerations in Food Packaging
14. Food Packaging and Health: Consumer Perception, Marketing Claims, Social Consequences, and Safety Considerations
15. Packaging Labelling: Claims, Compliance, and Consumer Education
1. Introduction to Food Packaging: Historical Overview, Sustainability, and Current Trends
2. Food Packaging Materials: Types, Properties, and Applications
3. Food Packaging Design: Sustainability, Functionality, Aesthetics, and Consumer Perception
4. Food Safety and Packaging: Contamination Prevention, Preservation, and Shelf Life Extension
5. Food Packaging Safety: Preventing Migration of packaging components to food products
6. Food Packaging Testing, Safety and Quality Control: Standards, Protocols, and Best Practices
Section 2: Sustainable Food Packaging
7. Sustainable Packaging Materials: Recent Advances in Bioplastics, Bio-based Materials, and Renewable Resources
8. Edible and Biodegradable Food Packaging: Recent Developments and challenges in Materials and Applications
9. Design for Recycling and Circular Economy: Cradle-to-Cradle Principles and Practices
10. Food Packaging Waste Management: Recycling, Biodegradation, and Zero-waste Solutions
11. Sustainable Packaging in the Supply Chain: Packaging Optimization, Logistics, and Carbon Footprint Reduction
12. Sustainable Food Packaging: Environmental Impact, Life Cycle Analysis, and Innovative Solutions
Section 3: Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Food Packaging
13. Regulatory and Legal Considerations in Food Packaging
14. Food Packaging and Health: Consumer Perception, Marketing Claims, Social Consequences, and Safety Considerations
15. Packaging Labelling: Claims, Compliance, and Consumer Education
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443247682
- eBook ISBN: 9780443247699
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Swarna Jaiswal
Dr. Swarna Jaiswal is an Applied Microbiology and Food Packaging Technology Lecturer at TU Dublin, Ireland. She earned her PhD in 2012 from TU Dublin and an Executive MBA in 2015, combining scientific expertise with strategic leadership. She worked as a research scientist at the Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology (CREST) for five years, advancing applied research for industrial applications. As Director of the Centre for Sustainable Packaging & Bioproducts (CSPB), she leads research in biodegradable packaging, antimicrobial coatings, and nanocomposite biomaterials. Her work is deeply rooted in industry collaboration, partnering with SMEs and multinational corporations in Ireland and the UK. With over 100 publications, 6,000+ citations, and an h-index of 35, she is a recognized expert in food packaging and sustainable material development.
Affiliations and expertise
Centre for Sustainable packaging and Bioproducts (CSPB), Technological University Dublin, IrelandNB
Nur Alim Bahmid
Dr. Nur Alim Bahmid is a senior researcher at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia, specializing in food chemistry, packaging technology, and sustainable materials. He leads cutting-edge research on bio-based packaging solutions, focusing on cellulose- and chitosan-based materials for active food packaging and coatings. His work integrates controlled release of bioactive compounds to enhance food preservation and reduce waste. With a PhD in Food Quality and Design from Wageningen University, Netherlands Dr. Bahmid has led multiple research projects, contributed over 40 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and holds nine granted Indonesian patents.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Center for Food Technology and Processing, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), IndonesiaAJ
Amit K. Jaiswal
Dr. Amit K. Jaiswal is an esteemed academic and researcher currently serving as a Lecturer at the School of Food Science and Environmental Health, TU Dublin, Ireland. Recognized among the top 1% of the world’s most cited researchers by Clarivate Analytics (2023-24) and listed in Stanford University’s top 2% of scientists (2021–24), he is a leading expert in bio-based materials and sustainable food packaging. His research focuses on valorizing lignocellulosic biomass and algae into biofuels, biomaterials, and biochemicals using green extraction techniques, techno-economic analysis, and life cycle assessment, with applications in food, nutraceuticals, food packaging, coatings, adhesives, and construction. With over 200 publications, including research articles, reviews, and book chapters, his work has received over 11,000 citations and holds an h-index exceeding 50.
Affiliations and expertise
Centre for Sustainable packaging and Bioproducts (CSPB), Technological University Dublin, Ireland