Nano Food Packages: from Food Preservation Efficiency to Consumer Legal Protection

Rodica Apan (), Anca Mihaly Cozmuta, Anca Peter and Camelia Nicula
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Rodica Apan: Dimitrie Cantemir University of Bucharest
Anca Mihaly Cozmuta: Technical University of Cluj Napoca
Anca Peter: Technical University of Cluj Napoca
Camelia Nicula: Technical University of Cluj Napoca

The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, 2014, vol. 16, issue 36, 483

Abstract: The paper explores some aspects related to the application of nanomaterials in food packaging. Therefore, the paper is structured into two sections. In the first section, aspects that could restrict/restrain the application of nanomaterials in food packaging industry in terms of environmental and human risks, the consumer`s rights to be informed regarding the utilization of nano-packages and regulation issues in the field of large scale application of food nano-packages are discussed. In the second section, the efficiency of a nano-package based on Ag/TiO2 to preserve for a longer time (6 days) the physical attributes of wheat bread (moisture, specific volume, porosity) by comparison with shorter ranges allowed by the common polyethylene bag (3 days) and non-packaging respectively (1 day) is demonstrated.

Keywords: food nano-packaging; bread packaging; consumers1 rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D18 I15 I18 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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