Food safety has always been closely related to people’s lives.With the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, consumers are gradually becoming more concerned about food safety.Food packaging is an important part of food processing. With the continuous progress and development of today’s science and technology, food packaging technology is becoming more and more diverse..At the same time, food safety accidents caused by packaging have also emerged one after another, forcing people to pay attention to the safety of food packaging..
Food packaging mainly includes two aspects. One is the choice of food packaging materials, and the other is the use of packaging technology. The choice of food packaging materials is particularly important for food safety..At present, the food packaging industry does not have a unified packaging specification, and there is no short way to go to fundamentally improve the safety of food packaging..
1.Establish food packaging safety regulations
The relevant safety regulations and standards of food packaging materials should be updated and improved in light of the development of food packaging in my country, such as the composition standards of food packaging materials additives, adhesives, and inks, food labeling systems, and market standards for food packaging materials and appliances. Entry system, etc., establish and improve the safety assurance system of food packaging materials.
2.Development of new packaging materials and packaging technology
Experts predict that in the future, packaging bags produced with smart packaging technology will account for 20% to 40% of the total number of food packaging. It is the general trend for food packaging materials to become functional, intelligent, and environmentally friendly..The research and development of new packaging materials must be the focus of future development, such as vacuum packaging, antibacterial packaging, nanocomposite packaging materials, etc., to improve the safety of food packaging through new packaging materials and technologies.
3.Improve the food packaging inspection system
The molecular structure of packaging materials is different, various additives and molding processes are different, resulting in greater differences in the performance of food packaging materials, so the detection of food packaging materials is more complicated.Test the performance characteristics of various packaging materials in accordance with the standards.At the same time, improve detection technology, find fast and efficient detection methods, and improve the detection level of residual monomers, heavy metals and other toxic and hazardous substances in food packaging..
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