Packaging - Books

Assessing Food Safety of Polymer Packaging - iSmithers-Rapra

Assessing Food Safety of Polymer Packaging is designed to help current and prospective researchers in this field, understand the theory of food safety in plastic packaging. This book will be of interest to anyone who uses polymeric food packaging

Food Contact Materials: Rubbers, Silicones, Coatings and Ink - iSmithers-Rapra

Food Contact Materials - Rubbers, Silicones, Coatings and Inks, brings together important sources of food contact information in a single, convenient volume and will be an important reference source for workers in the food industry in general, and within the food contact field in particular. This handbook will also be of interest to anyone who works with the packaging of food and beverages and also to those who are studying food packaging/processing

Biodegradable Polymers Book

Biodegradable polymers have experienced strong growth over the last three years and are set to make further inroads into markets traditionally dominated by conventional thermoplastics in future

Additive Migration from Plastics into Foods - iSmithers-Rapra

This book covers all aspects of the migration of additives into food and gives detailed information on the analytical determination of the additives in various plastics. It will be of interest to those engaged in the implementation of packaging legislation, including management, analytical chemists and the manufacturers of foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and also scientific and toxicologists in the packaging industry

Update on Mouldable Particle Foam Technology - iSmithers-Rapra

Update on Mouldable Particle Foam Technology summarises the present status of particle foam technology and how specific challenges have already driven its development. This includes the potential threats to the fire retardants and blowing agents which have been used for many years

Update on Medical Plasticised PVC - iSmithers-Rapra

Update on Medical Plasticised PV considers the history of plasticised PVC in medical applications and the manufacturing and processing of plasticised PVC together with its properties are reviewed. The selection of plasticisers is a particular focus

Recycling of Plastics (Packaging) - iSmithers-Rapra

The 'Recycling of Plastics (Packaging)' Published Search from the Rapra Polymer Library provides a comprehensive review of the most current literature available on this topic. Produced from the Polymer Library database - the leading source of information on polymers - this Published Search features around 300 references brought together in one convenient PDF file and includes an abstract summary of each article along with its citation, plus indexed key terms, authors, companies and trade names. Each published search is produced on demand, ensuring that it is as up-to-date as possible