B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering · Semester 8 — Electives

Food Packaging Technology

PFE8.24 Processing & Food Engineering

Syllabus lecture plan

1. 02General principles of control of the spoilage agents
2. 03Difference between food infection, food intoxication and allergy
3. 04Packaging of foods, requirement, importance and scope, 2 environmental considerations
4. 06Metal cans- manufacture of two pieces and three piece cans
5. 07Plastic packaging- different types of polymers and lamination used in 1 food packaging and their barrier properties
6. 09Glass containers- types of glass used in food packaging, manufacture 2 of glass and glass containers, closures for glass containers
7. 11Relative advantages and disadvantages of different packaging 2 materials and Effect of these materials on packed commodities
8. 12Nutritional labelling on packages
9. 13CAS and MAP, shrink and cling packaging, vacuum and gas 2 packaging; Active packaging, Smart packaging
10. 14Packaging requirement for raw and processed foods and selection of 2 packaging materials
11. 15Disposal and recycle of packaging waste
12. 16Package testing- testing methods for flexible materials, rigid materials 1 and semi rigid materials
13. 18Plastic film and laminates (thickness, tensile strength, gloss, haze, 1 burning test to identify polymer, etc.)
14. 19Aluminium foil (thickness, pin holes, etc.)
15. 20Glass containers (visual defects, colour, dimensions, impact strength, 1 etc.)
16. 21Metal containers (pressure test, product compatibility, etc.)

Part of the B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering curriculum (ICAR recommendations). Upload or find notes, previous-year papers and quick-revision reels for each lecture on theciae.