The global trend towards conscious consumption plays an important role in consumer preferences regarding both the composition and quality of food and packaging materials, including sustainable ones. The development of biodegradable active packaging materials could reduce both the negative impact on the environment due to a decrease in the use of oil-based plastics and the amount of synthetic preservatives. This review discusses relevant functional additives for improving the bioactivity of biopolymer-based films. Addition of plant, microbial, animal and organic nanoparticles into bio-based films is discussed. Changes in mechanical, transparency, water and oxygen barrier properties are reviewed. Since microbial and oxidative deterioration are the main causes of food spoilage, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of natural additives are discussed, including perspective ones for the development of biodegradable active packaging.

ФГБНУ "ВНИИМП им. В.М. Горбатова"

The principles of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system focus on the risks to product safety. For complex meat systems with the longest shelf life (canned meat in pieces with up to 5 years’ shelf life), the problem of quality assurance using suitably stable safety indicators throughout their entire shelf life is systemic. We propose to use the methodology of a systemic approach for solving this problem. The general signs of systemic problems are given, and their contents are described, largely in the context of canned meat pieces. An example of the use of structural analysis diagrams (see D. Ross) to analyze quality assurance and product safety is shown. The relevance of systemic analysis methodology for finding solutions to practical problems is explained.

ФГБНУ "ВНИИМП им. В.М. Горбатова"

The development of the polymer market demonstrates the positive dynamics of domestic production. To bring competitive products to the market, it is necessary to focus on a new vector of development, given the global popularity of polymer packaging, which makes up about 50 % of all types of packaging. Of these, a large share (about 60 %) is soft packaging, and this indicator continues to grow. The food industry is the main consumer of this type of packaging. Shown are the developments and prospects of using polymer and combined types of consumer packaging in the production of meat and meat-containing canned food, canned feed for unproductive animals, as well as the classification ranking of polymer consumer packaging and some aspects of thermal canning.