Nanocomposite Materials for Food Packaging Applications: Characterization and Safety Evaluation

Food Engineering Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-51

  Farhoodi, Mehdi ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Characterization; Food packaging; Migration; Nanocomposite; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHARACTERIZATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MACHINES;

FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD-PACKAGING MATERIALS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MIGRATION; NANOCOMPOSITE PACKAGING; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; RESULTING MATERIALS; SAFETY EVALUATIONS;

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

EID: 84958163709     PISSN: 18667910     EISSN: 18667929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12393-015-9114-2     Document Type: Review

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