Packaging Information Technology: Expanding the Application Space for Packaging

Packaging information technology mainly refers to new technologies that reflect the content of the package and its inherent quality, as well as the transportation and sales process information.

Application of Information Technology in Improvement of Packaging Function

Using biotechnology to increase the quality of packaging features

Due to changes in the commodity storage environment and the packaging's intrinsic environment that cause deterioration of the product, chemical and microbiological methods can be used to record and display. At present, record changes in the packaging environment, using packaging indicators. The key significance of this indicator is to have the ability to directly give information about the quality of the food, packaging and space gas, packaging storage conditions.

Packaging damage indication technology

Damaged packaging is the most serious problem in the production, storage, transportation and sales of packaged goods, especially food packaging. The leak indicator is designed for oxygen leakage detection of MAP (modified atmosphere packaging). The indicator is based on sensitive dyes and is suitable for MAP food quality control. The agent also contains an oxygen-absorbing component that extends the shelf life of the food and prevents the indicator from reacting with residual oxygen in the MAP. The indicator is incorporated into the synthetic film to further prevent oxidation of the indicator during packaging. The advantage of oxygen indicators is their irreversibility.

The laccase catalyzes the enzymatic reaction to form a colored product and studies the composition of the leak indicator. Under aerobic conditions, laccase oxidizes a variety of substrates. The composition of the visual indicator requires the production of a colored product, such as the formation of a colored product from light green to dark green from ABTS. This indicator reacts with oxygen and shows a rapid and obvious color change, which indicates the package is broken.

Packaging product quality information indication technology

The preservation indicator agent directly indicates the microbial quality of the food by reacting to the metabolism during the growth of the microorganism. It includes leak indicator and preservation indicator. Preservation index agent is to show the freshness of the product by changing the content of volatile gas such as H2S produced by meat and poultry products in the packaging. H2S and myoglobin form a green pigment, myoglobin. The quality of MAP poultry meat was controlled using the formation of myoglobin in the myoglobin fresh-keeping indicator. These myoglobin-based indicators, which visually detect color changes, are applied to the inner surface of the lidding material of freshly packaged platters of fresh poultry. The color change is related to the quality of the poultry meat, ie H2S gas is produced. The indicator then changes color.

The information-based intelligent packaging technology that reflects the quality of goods is mainly based on the use of chemical, microbiological and dynamic methods to record changes in the quality of goods in the life cycle of packaged goods.

The function of packaging information recording in the process of goods transport

Many sophisticated and expensive commodities have extremely stringent requirements for transportation conditions. Therefore, there is a need for a device that records the dynamics information of a packaged product during transportation, and records the dynamic behavior (such as dropping, dumping, etc.) of information that may cause damage to the product during transportation. This device for recording kinetic information is often composed of two chemical powders that have been isolated. Once the severed kinetic behavior occurs, the isolation is released and the two chemical components react to show the third color. The receiving party can understand whether the goods are being transported safely through this record display device without opening the package.

All information on the product, such as name, composition, function, origin, shelf life, weight, price, usage guide, warning, etc., is stored in digital form on the microchip on the package, and consumers can easily read this information. The cover of the packaging with electronic data information is very wide, and it can be applied to almost all products including food. The INTELLIGENT MICROWAVEABLE PACKAGE developed by the United States RUTGERS University is an example of such a package. This intelligent microwave heating package is a good information carrier. It integrates the information of food processing into the information code of the package. The microwave oven is equipped with a barcode scanner and a microprocessor to obtain the processing information and control the heating effect of the microwave oven. . This establishes an information channel between food, packaging and microwave ovens.

Application of Information Technology in Packaging Goods Logistics Management

The development of modern logistics informatization puts forward higher requirements on the informationization of packaging, because a basic material basis for the development and management of logistics information is the information contained in the packaging. Most of the information needed for logistics management should be carried by packaging. In other words, if the amount of information on the packaging is insufficient or incorrect, it will directly affect the activities of logistics management. Without the cooperation of packaging information, scanning equipment and computer management provided by modern logistics management will be useless.

The goal of TRACEABLE-TRANSPORT PACKAGING is to develop a form of transportation packaging technology that is conducive to automated management. The transportation packaging container can be tracked on the circulation route, facilitating the control center to complete the transportation route and online. The adjustment and management of commodities has achieved the purpose of quicker, better route and low transportation cost of commodity circulation and transportation, and built an intelligent information-based logistics system with the aid of information networks and satellite positioning systems.

Procter & Gamble is developing intelligent information packaging technology that can predict the customer's shopping situation so that inventory can be optimally managed. The intelligent information packaging technology mentioned here is a low-cost microprocessor embedded in the Tide detergent powder packaging or PIN customer cartoon packaging, so as to finally establish a seamless, integrated supply chain management. Companies can use this to track the entire process from production to sale of each product, ultimately enabling the sharing of highly complex data. Based on this information, it enables factories, trucks, shelves, shopping carts, goods, and banks to seamlessly communicate information with each other without manually scanning for input. For Procter & Gamble, a 2d reduction in the supply chain cycle means that it can reduce operating costs by $1.5 billion. (Chen Xinxiang Hong Xiangxian Wei)