Most attention in the area of driving food safety had been placed on food ingredients, their transport, storage, processing, labeing and use by consumers.  Yet, there have been a number of foodborne outbreaks where the packaging of the food was the or one of the causes of the outbreak.  Food packaging systems and the packaging itself play a significant rolls in maintaining the safety of the food.  This symposium will include an overview of current food packaging systems for wet and dry foods, then move into the relm of new and advanced packaging systems and packaging matierals that not only maintain the safety of the food but actually increase the confidence factor related to a given food's safety.

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