Anforderungen an Packstoffe und Packmittel unter dem Aspekt ihrer Wechselwirkung mit Lebensmitteln

An optimum package preserves the quality of the food as long as possible and at the highest possible level. The following are outlined as interactions: permeation from outside through the package, conversely from the food into the outside atmosphere, migration of substances contained in package components via the package surface into the product and such processes in the opposite direction. A comprehensive knowledge of the physico-chemical principles is important. § 31 of the German Food and Consumer Goods Law is quoted, for the observance of which 3 prerequisites have been formulated. Reference is made to some examples of future developments for which interactions are relevant, to efforts of the EEC concerning harmonization in the legislation and to the necessary elaboration of control methods for protective measures