Food Packaging

Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, Senthil Muthu Kumar Thiagamani, Senthilkumar Krishnasamy, Suchart Siengchin

• Chapter 1 Bio-Based Materials for Active Food Packaging: Dream or Reality........ 1Ângelo Luís, Fernanda Domingues, and Filomena SilvaChapter 2 Biodegradable Films for Food Packaging...........................................83Haniyeh RostamzadChapter 3 Recent Advances in the Production of MultilayerBiodegradable Films......................................................................... 103Daiane Nogueira, Gabriel da Silva Filipini andVilásia Guimarães MartinsChapter 4 Environmental Issues Related to Packaging Materials..................... 127Sandhya Alice Varghese, Sanjay M.R, Senthilkumar K.,Sabarish Radoor, Suchart Siengchin, andJyotishkumar ParameswaranpillaiChapter 5 Antimicrobial Studies on Food Packaging Materials....................... 141Mohd Nor Faiz Norrrahim, S.M. Sapuan, Tengku ArisyahTengku Yasim-Anuar, Farah Nadia Mohammad Padzil,Nur Sharmila Sharip, Lawrence Yee Foong Ng, Liana NoorMegashah, Siti Shazra Shazleen, Noor Farisha Abd. Rahim,R. Syafiq, and R.A. IlyasChapter 6 Biodegradable Eco-Friendly Packaging and CoatingsIncorporated of Natural Active Compounds..................................... 171Josemar Gonçalves de Oliveira Filho, Ailton Cesar Lemes,Anna Rafaela Cavalcante Braga, and Mariana Buranelo EgeaChapter 7 Biodegradable Polymer Composites with Reinforced NaturalFibers for Packaging Materials.........................................................207B. Ashok and A. Varada RajuluChapter 8 Electrospun Nanofibers: Fundamentals, Food PackagingTechnology, and Safety.....................................................................223Juliana Botelho Moreira, Suelen Goettems Kuntzler, AnaLuiza Machado Terra, Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa, andMichele Greque de MoraisChapter 9 Influence of Nanoparticles on the Shelf Life of Food inPackaging Materials.......................................................................... 255Malinee Sriariyanun, Atthasit Tawai, and Yu-Shen ChengChapter 10 Optoelectronic and Electronic Packaging Materials andTheir Properties.................................................................................277Theivasanthi Thirugnanasambandan and Karthikeyan SubramaniamChapter 11 Processing and Properties of Chitosan and/or ChitinBiocomposites for Food Packaging................................................... 291Maria Râpă and Cornelia VasileChapter 12 Chitosan-Based Hybrid Nanocomposites for FoodPackaging Applications..................................................................... 327M. Chandrasekar, K. Senthilkumar, T. Senthil Muthu Kumar,Sabarish Radoor, Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, andSuchart SiengchinChapter 13 Medium Density Fiberboard as Food Contact Material:A Proposed Methodology for Safety Evaluation from the FoodContact Point of View....................................................................... 347P. Vazquez-Loureiro, F. Salgado, A. Rodríguez Bernaldo deQuirós, and R. SendónChapter 14 Applications of Nanotechnology in Food Packaging........................369Aswathy Jayakumar, Sabarish Radoor, Jasila Karayil,Radhakrishnan E.K, Sanjay M.R, Suchart Siengchin, andJyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai