FOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS
Testing & Quality Assurance
Edited by Preeti Singh • Ali Abas Wani • Horst-Christian Langowski
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Preface vii Editors ix Contributors xi
Chapter 1 Introduction: Food Packaging Materials 1
Ali Abas Wani, Preeti Singh, and Horst-Christian Langowski
Chapter 2 Shelf Life of Packed Food and Packaging Functionality 11
Horst-Christian Langowski
Chapter 3 Testing of Physical, Optical, Electrical, Thermal, and Rheological Properties for Plastic Packaging Materials 67
Young T. Kim, Hezhong Wang, and Byungjin Min
Chapter 4 Testing of Mechanical Properties for Plastic Packaging Materials 103
Laszlo Horvath, Byungjin Min, and Young T. Kim
Chapter 5 Permeation Testing of Synthetic Polymers 123
Ayman Abdellatief and Bruce Welt
Chapter 6 Testing Glass as a Food Packaging Material 139
Khalid Gul, Haroon Maqbool Wani, Preeti Singh, Idrees Ahmed Wani, and Ali Abas Wani
Chapter 7 Metal Packaging: Testing and Quality Assurance 155
Heinz Grossjohann, Alex Grossjohann, Thomas Duve, and Maura Marcks
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Chapter 8 Testing of Paper as Packaging Material for Food Industry 185
Shabir Ahmad Mir, Haroon Maqbool Wani, Idrees Ahmed Wani, Preeti Singh, and Ali Abas Wani
Chapter 9 Testing and Quality Assurance of Bioplastics 201
Manzoor Ahmad Shah, Markus Schmid, Ankit Aggarwal, and Ali Abas Wani
Chapter 10 Shock and Vibration Testing of Packaging Materials 233
Robert Meisner and Dennis Young
Chapter 11 Testing Migration from Food Packaging Materials 251
Annika Ebert, Roland Franz, Carina Gehring, Diana Kemmer, and Frank Welle
Chapter 12 Food Package Testing Authorities and Regulations 303
Angela Stormer and Keun Taik Lee
Index 333