Syllabus

Function of packaging, marketing consideration for a package and types of packaging. Barrier properties of packaging material, Packaging materials for foods. Selection criteria of packaging materials for raw and processed food products. Machinery for Packaging. Package labelling: functions, nutrition labelling, ingredient characterization handling instruction, and regulations Packaging logistics. Food Storage: Importance of scientific storage systems, post-harvest physiology of semi-perishables and perishables, climacteric and non-climacteric fruits, respiration, ripening, changes during ripening, ethylene biosynthesis. Product damages during storage. Storage structures: Traditional, improved and modern storage structures farm silos. Stored grain management and aeration. Controlled and modified atmospheric storage.

Understanding of food packaging development, packaging systems and analyze complex systems of food packaging and logistics with simulation models.

Knowledge on the understanding of food packaging development, packaging systems and analyze complex systems of food packaging and logistics with simulation models.

Gordon L. Robertson, Food Packaging: Principles and Practice, Second Edition, CRC Press

A. Chakraverty, A. S. Mujumdar, G.S.V. Raghavan, H.S. Ramaswamy. Marcel Dekker,, Handbook of Postharvest Technology: Cereals, Fruits, Vegetables, Tea, and Spices, Batra Book Services

Hal Greenhouse, Hermeticity of Electronic Packages, William Andrew Publishing, LLC, Norwich, New York, U.S.A.

Keith Thomp-son, Fruit and Vegetables: Harvesting, Handling and Storage, 2nd Ed, Iowa State Press