Engage with pioneers in packaging research

Responsible Packaging for a Global Market is the IAPRI world conference theme, and warming to it are over 350 authors whose work has been submitted in the form of 105 papers for oral presentation and 31 poster presentations.

A total of 29 countries and over 100 organisations are represented across this body of work covering a wide range of topics, all of which give insight into the major issues and priorities for the packaging industry – extending shelf life; product security; sustainability; ergonomic design and many more besides.

Active and intelligent packaging has attracted a number of submissions. One is about a nanoiron-based oxygen scavenger that will help solve the problem of food spoilage.Traditional commercial oxygen scavengers are based on iron or its compounds, but a limiting factor is that to be effective, small amounts of water need to be present in the packaging. Why nanoiron? Nanoscale particles have a much larger surface area available for interaction with reagents than bulky particles leading to higher surface reactivity. Find out more at the conference.

Here's another interesting development – an indicator for monitoring chicken meat freshness, showing the real shelf life of packed fresh chicken meat products. This indicator uses a solvent-based flexographic ink formulated using a reactive indicating compound, instead of common dyes or pigments. For more... you know where to go.

IAPRI – the International Association of Packaging Research Institutes – is the peak global body for packaging research and development. Its purpose is to promote packaging as a global science. This year, Victoria University will be flying the IAPRI flag which means the Australian packaging industry has access to the latest research and innovations on its doorstep.

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