Food Science and Technology 131 (4 units)

Food Packaging

Food Science and Technology (FST) 131 is designed to give a comprehensive overview of the scientific and technical aspects of packaging foods. The FST 131 course content includes functions, terminology, composition, properties, design, fabrication, applications, regulations, waste, recycling and trends of food packaging.

INSTRUCTOR: John M. Krochta, Ph.D., P.E.

TEXT: Food Packaging - Principles and Practice, Gordon L. Robertson, 1993. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, N.Y.

ENTRY LEVEL: Open to Food Science and non-Food Science majors. Prerequisites: Chemistry 8B, Biological Sciences lA, and Physics 5B or 7C.

FORMAT: Lectures (3 hr/week), discussion (1 hr /week) and homeworks. A midterm and a final exam complete the course.

CLASS SCHEDULE: Classes meet Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30-9:50am (in 107 Cruess Hall) and Friday, 9-9:50am (in 1150 Hart Hall).

GRADING: Homeworks = 35%, Mid-term exam = 30%, Final exam = 35%

COURSE DETAILS: (click on desired subject below):

• Lecture Schedule and Reading Assignments
• Syllabus
• Homework Assignments
• Bibliography
• FST 131 Office Hours
• Midterm Exams
• Final Exams

LINKS TO FOOD PACKAGING SITES: (click on desired subject below):

General Information:

• Andex Industries (Broad information on packaging industry)
• Containers and Packaging Reference Sites (Information about careers, organizations, publications and more).
• Enviromental Packaging International (Specialists in compliance with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging and other material)
• Glass Related Links (International and domestic information and links related to glass)
• Packaging Information
• Pack Expo (Packaging newscenter, suppliers, discussions, events and references and packaging equipment)

Packaging Magazines:

• Food and Drug Packaging Magazine
• Food Engineering Magazine
• Brand Packaging Magazine
• Flexible Packaging Magazine
• Packaging World Magazine
• Packaging Digest Magazine
• Packaging Strategies
• Boxboard Containers International
• The Can Maker Magazine

Professional Institutes and Associations:

• Air Force Packaging Technology and Engineering Facility
• American Frozen Food Institute
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• Can Manufacturers Institute
• Closure Manufacturers Assn.
• Composite Can and Tube Institute
• Corrugated Packaging Council
• Film and Bag Federation
• Flexible Packaging Association
• Food Processing Machinery and Supplies Assn. (Select "product locator" for packaging equipment, supplies and services)
• Glass Packaging Institute
• Institute of Food Technologists
• Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP)
• International Corrugated Case Association
• International Corrugated Packaging Foundation
• International Molded Pulp Enviromental Packaging Association(IMPEPA)
• National Food Processors Association
• Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute
• Paperboard Packaging Council - Look at the site for carton competition.
• TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry)
• The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.
• Women in Packaging
• World Packaging Organization

Some Packaging Companies:

• Alcan Packaging
• Anchor Hocking Glass
• Ball Corp. (Metal and PET containers)
• Ball-Foster Glass
• BSN GlassPack (A European glass manufacturer)
• Cryovac-Sealed Air Corp. (Plastic packaging systems)
• Demptos Glass
• Dupont Packaging
• Graham Packaging
• International Paper
• Liberty Paper Company
• Mobil Chemical Films (What is OPP? and OPP Manufacturing)
• Owens-Illinois (Parent Company of Owens-Brockway) Largest manufacturer of glass containers in the USA
• Pactiv
• Phoenix Packaging
• Printpack
• TEN-E Packaging Services, Inc (Specializes in package testing)
• Trexel Inc. (Produces microcellular foamed plastics for extrusion, injection molding and blow molding applications)
• Westvaco
• WinPak

Packaging education - a partial list of institutions with a packaging curriculum:

• Clemson University - Dept. of Packaging Science
• Indiana State University - Packaging Technology
• Korea Food Research Institute
• Michigan State University School of Packaging
• Packaging Education Forum
• Pratt Institute
• Rochester Institute of Technology - Packaging Science
• San Jose State University - Packaging Program
• School of Military Packaging Technology
• University of California, Davis Food Engineering and Packaging
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Wisconsin, Stout - Packaging

John M. Krochta, Dept. of Food Science and Technology
Copyright © 2001 University of California. All rights reserved.
Revised: February 06, 2002.