

of Agriculture Western Utilization Research Laboratories.ĭespite the titles, several different plant essential oils-carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde, basil, or oregano plant essential oils-were added to tomato, apple, or basil purees fabricated into films. Coli 0157:H7 of the Plant Antimicrobial Carvacrol in Edible Apple Films Made by Two Different Casting Methods” and “Bactericidal Effect, Storage Stability, and Physical Properties of Edible, Carvacrol-Added Tomato Films Prepared by Two Different Casting Methods” will feature the work of Wen-Xian Du, Carl Olsen, and colleagues from the U.S. In Session 053, poster presentations on “Storage Stability and Antibacterial Activity Against E. These entries often feature simultaneous development of edible package materials and thus attempt to achieve two major research objectives. Two concurrent food packaging poster sessions are scheduled for Monday morning, June 30, and two oral sessions-one general and one on sustainable packaging-are sequentially scheduled for Monday afternoon, with the presentation of IFT Food Packaging Div.’s prestigious Riester-Davis Award following the sustainability symposium.Īntimicrobial films incorporating natural antimicrobials and oxygen-reducing films are popular themes. And whether you attended Interpack or not, some impressive packaging sessions await at the IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo in New Orleans, La., Saturday, June 28–Tuesday, July 1. This document is not a commercial for Interpack-for by the time you are reading this, the event will be history. In three dimensions, the universe of packaging bared its collective soul. Thousands of suppliers from six continents assembled to display and communicate every conceivable product, service, and idea they have had in the past three or more years to more than 175,000 interested, fascinated, probing, and searching professionals.


Food packaging professionals faced a dilemma this spring: The mighty Interpack 2008 descended upon Dusseldorf in Germany to shower participants and hangers-on with the mightiest rain of packaging innovation to date in this millennium, and it was impossible to absorb all of the packaging knowledge that the event incorporated.
