How Meat Is Packed? More About Meat Packing Processes.
Food packaging goes beyond enclosing or wrapping a food product. It also protects the food from deterioration in a limited time. The process also ensures safe delivery of the product at the minimum cost. The cost of packaging must be reasonable. Packaging can not improve the existing quality of a product but it can maintain its quality during storage, transport and deterioration. TYPES OF PACKAGING MATERIALS Meat packaging depends on the hardness, the packaging materials are of three types : i) Flexible packaging materials : Plastic films, Paper, Aluminum foil. ii) Semi-rigid packaging materials : Paperboard/cardboard/containers, PET and PVC containers, Aluminum containers, Molded containers. iii) Rigid packaging containers : Glass containers, Metal cans, Fiber board containers, Wooden boxes/crates/barrels. PACKAGING OF FRESH MEAT For short time storage, most learned people like to wrap fresh meat in polyethylene pouches or bags. The polyethylene should be food grade, transparen...