Concepts of Food Packaging

Details history of food packaging, tracing its evolution, and innovations shaping its future. Covers the fundamental principles, emerging trends, sustainability challenges, and regulatory considerations. Addresses pressing issues surrounding sustainability and environmental responsibility in food packaging and more.

Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Paper Technology, IIT Roorkee, India. He is a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, UK. Before joining IIT Roorkee, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Ecole Polytechnic de Montreal, Canada. He has mainly worked in the field of food packaging technology. Dr. Gaikwad received several national and international awards, including a FSSAI Research Award; DST INSPIRE Faculty Award by DST, Govt. of India; Young Scientist Award by the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), USA; and a J Bank Research Award by the Society of Chemical Industries (SCI) London, UK. Dr. Gaikwad has published 90 research papers in SCI-indexed journals, five patents, and several book chapters. He has authored two books: Food Packaging System and Novel Packaging Systems for Fruits and Vegetables. He has received several grants from DST and SERB and UCOST funding agencies to carry out his research projects. He is dynamically involved in teaching (graduate and doctorate students) and research. He received his PhD in Packaging Technology from Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; his MS in Packaging Technology from Michigan State University, Lansing, USA; his MTech in Food Technology in 2011 from SHUATS, Allahabad, India; and BTech in Food Science from Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agriculture University, India.

Suman Singh, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at VCSG Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Dehradun, India. Dr. Singh worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Yonsei University, South Korea, and mainly worked on active packaging materials (antimicrobial, scavenger, and temperature-sensitivity materials) for the delivery of high-quality, safe, and fresh produce and prolonging the shelf life of fresh produce using packaging. Dr. Singh received several national and international awards, including a FSSAI Research Award and a University Gold Medal in the MTech program. She was a recipient of the prestigious INSPIRE Fellowship for her PhD program and was a recipient of a Young Researcher Award at the IFT Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, USA. Dr. Singh has published over 50 research papers in SCI-indexed journals and three book chapters, and she authored the book Food Packaging System. She received her PhD in Food Process and Engineering from the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, India; MTech in Food Process and Engineering from Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, India; and BTech, in Agriculture Engineering from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, India.