Preface and Committees
Preface With the joint effort of China Academy of Printing Technology and Tianjin University of Science and Technology, “2013 China Academic Conference on Food Packaging”, an academic conference focusing on the field of food packaging, was held on November 23-25, 2013 at Tianjin Hopeway Business Hotel, China. It is well known that under the circumstances of a global economic downturn, the packaging industry in China has maintained an annual growth at the rate of over 10%. In 2012, the gross output value of Chinese packaging industry reached over RMB 1.3 trillion (source: China Packaging Federation), ranking the second in the world. In the meantime, the food technology and food industry have also maintained a rapid growth with many new technologies, new materials and new products emerging in endlessly. However, with the media exposure of the pollution of raw-food materials, abuse of food additives, and substandard food packaging, food safety has drawn more and more attention from various circles of the society. In order to set up a standard for food packaging and to ensure food safety, we organized the related universities, scientific research institutions and enterprises to discuss the development of food packaging technology and research directions of all subjects related to food safety by means of academic activities. Focusing on the topics of new materials of food packaging, food packaging safety and traceability, food packaging decoration, food packaging designing and engineering, “2013 China Academic Conference on Food Packaging”
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