Active Packaging Solutions to Reduce Food Waste

Do you know according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), each European Union citizen throws away 179 kilos of food on average per year

Of the packaging technologies that extend the shelf life of food, plastic materials are the most commonly used because of their versatility, lightness and strength. Despite all these advantages, the European Union’s 2018 plastics strategy determined that all packaging must be recyclable by 2030

The European REFUCOAT Project developed sustainable active packaging solutions to address the challenge set by the European Union for 2030 by doing research on packagings that could positively impact the reduction of food waste

one of project’s greatest innovations was the formulation of bacteriophage-based coatings that considerably reduce the proliferation of Salmonella bacteria in chicken breast samples packaged in a modified atmosphere

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