Summary

In recent years meat has increasingly appeared in commerce, which has an unnaturally strong red color. This applies to counter products as well as increasingly to the self-service area. It has an intense red color in the entire bleed, larger pieces also a broad, intense cherry red edge around a sharply defined, dark core, because it has been oxygenated. This is done by exposing it to oxygen in high concentrations under elevated pressures.

In the paper by P. Nitsch, the results of triangular tests on 163 O2 pressure-treated 72 samples under nitrogen and 89 under nitrogen show that such treated meat is affected differently and negatively in the sensory status.

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The "PackAssistant" is now even more flexible! The software for package optimization from the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI and MVI SOLVE-IT GmbH has recently been supplemented with important innovations. It now also calculates bulk packaging, automatically reduces large amounts of data and makes full use of existing processor cores. PackAssistant is used in logistics and production planning to calculate optimized fillings of transport containers and enables fast, space-saving and cost-effective packaging planning.

Ideal container utilization, no more time-consuming packing attempts, better planning options and a forward-looking offer preparation - PackAssistant makes the packaging planning of components in the industry much easier. The software calculates the best possible fillings of transport containers with structurally identical parts on the basis of any complex 3D CAD models.

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Mainz scientists beat world records for the best arrangement of circular disks - Publication in Physical Review E

How do I load a car so that everything fits in? How can I pack a package so that it is properly filled out? How many dishes go in a kitchen cupboard? When it comes to packing, Mainz scientists are unbeatable. They were all able to set or beat the world records that were set in an international competition for the best solution to a special packing problem.

"We have been working for some time in an interdisciplinary project between theoretical physics and computer science to develop the best possible computer algorithm for packing problems," explains Dr. Johannes Josef Schneider from the newly established focus on computer-aided research methods in the natural sciences at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. When the scientists found out about the competition shortly before it was over, they could only set one world record, otherwise the results of some other groups were slightly better. Driven by the ambition to beat the world's best groups, some of which had been working on such problems for many years, they further developed their computer algorithms and were now able to undercut the world records set during the competition, and for the most part significantly. The work was published in the renowned journal for statistical physics Physical Review E.

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Recycling is more relevant than ever - it also saves raw materials and disposal costs in the food and packaging industry

The 1th amendment to the packaging ordinance has been in force in Germany since January 2009, 5, and contains stricter regulations for the recycling of sales packaging. Since then, trade and industry have had to register all sales packaging that is put on the market with a dual system that takes care of disposal and recycling in the raw material cycle. So far there have always been gaps and ambiguities in the system. In future, trade and industry will also be obliged to submit a so-called declaration of completeness every year, which proves which packaging materials have reached private end users and in which quantities. The aim is to ensure that free riders can no longer put packaging into circulation without taking care of disposal and recycling. Nothing fundamental changes for the end user. He will continue to throw his packaging in the yellow bin, his waste paper in the blue bin and bin glasses separated into white, green and brown in public and private collection bins.

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New series at meat-n-more.info

The white paper that Nabenhauer Verpackungen, Dietmannsried im Allgäu, has put together goes from “barrier properties” to “hot tack” and “peel” to “fresh meat packaging in practice”. In it, the ISO-certified sales agency for film packaging would like to impart its knowledge of seven relevant topics and problems in the packaging of food and their solution to food manufacturers in a neutral manner.

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"I've been involved with inventions since my youth," says Prof. Dr. Meinhard Knoll from the Institute for Physical Chemistry at the University of Münster. The enthusiastic researcher has patented over thirty inventions to date. This also includes its latest development, which could soon become an everyday sight when shopping: the electronic best-before date.

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Meat and sausage packaging: protection, transport, information, incentive

The packaging of meat and sausage products (ie of all foods) has to fulfill different tasks and requirements. That makes packaging a complex issue. Nabenhauer packaging gives an overview.

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Sausage packaging is offered in stores as a fumigated or vacuum-sealed variant.

The film structure depends on the desired packaging: hard pack or flexible packaging, also on whether the top film or even the bottom film is to be printed or whether labels are to be used.

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Anuga FoodTec: Inert gas packaging is on the advance

The proportion of MAP packaging in the fresh food sector has increased enormously in recent years. The MAP process (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) has succeeded in optimizing the atmosphere in the product packaging in such a way that the quality of the packaged goods is maintained over a longer period of time. In addition, the process offers an attractive presentation at the point of sale as well as improved hygiene conditions. At Anuga FoodTec from March 10th to 13th, 2009, the providers will present their latest developments in the field of MAP.

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Source: Meat Science, Available online, August 15, 2008

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The color coverage of a packaging film indicates what percentage of the film surface is printed with color. In order to calculate the price of the film, the ink coverage should be known, since the consumption of printing ink is a variable cost factor in the production of a packaging film. The larger the production quantities, the more influence the ink coverage has on the price of the film.

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