 | Appropriate Food Packaging |
 |  | Preface |
| | Acknowledgements |
|  | 1 Food and packaging |
| | 1.1 The importance of food processing |
| | 1.2 What is good packaging? |
| | 1.3 Environmental and economic aspects |
| | 1.4 The aim of this book |
| | 2 Types of food and prevention of deterioration |
| | 2.1 Food products that are suitable for small-scale processing |
| | 2.2 Types of deterioration |
| | 2.3 Extension of shelf-life |
| | 2.4 Summary of the chapter |
| | 3 Packaging materials |
| | 3.1 Rigid containers |
| | 3.2 Flexible packaging |
| | 4 Filling and labelling |
| | 4.1 Filling equipment |
| | 4.2 Labels and labelling |
| | 5 Production, re-use and re-cycling of packaging |
| | 5.1 Materials that can be made on site |
| | 5.2 Re-use of packaging |
| | 5.3 Environmental aspects of packaging and re-cycling possibilities |
| | 6 Implications of introducing packaging |
| | 6.1 Introduction |
| | 6.2 Pre-packaging changes |
| | 6.3 Packaging store |
| | 6.4 Quality control |
| | 6.5 Post-packaging operations |
| | 7 Benefits and costs of food packaging |
| | 7.1 Summary of how to calculate packaging costs |
| | Glossary |
| | Resources |
| | A - References to literature related to packaging of food |
| | B Packaging Periodicals |
| | C International packaging research institutes |
| | D Bilateral packaging research institutes |
| | E National institutes of packaging |
| | F Selected information sources |
| | G Companies used as information sources for this publication |
Acknowledgements
The authors greatly acknowledge the help and assistance given by Clare Sheffield for the preparation of the manuscript, Matthew Whitton for the illustrations, Jean Long for the photography, Gordon Keddie for his constructive editorial comment, and PRODEC for their co-operation in allowing us to use their illustrations from their publication: Handbook on the Procurement of Packaging by Tuula Ramsland.
We would also like to thank the following companies for supplying information about their products: MAISA, Mar del Plata, Argentina; Botswana Technology Centre, Gaborone, Botswana; FEFCO, Paris, France; PRODEC, Helsinki, Finland; and (all from the United Kingdom) AID &Packaging Services (UK) Ltd., Worcester, Atwell Self-Adhesive Labellers, South Godstone; C.R. Clarke & Company (UK) Ltd., Ammanford; CMB Packaging Technology plc, Wantage; Chadwicks Ltd., Bury; Erapa (UK) Ltd., Luton, ICI Plastics Division, Welwyn Garden City; Limpet Tapes, Huntingdon; MARIA Ltd., Bradford; Metal Closures Ltd., West Bromwich; Perafrap Ltd., High Wycombe; Thames Packaging Ltd., London; and Thomas Hunter Ltd., Rugby.
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