Food packaging: innovation, safety and sustainability: Cremona Food Valley

This course aims to provide the participants with knowledge of packaging’s multiple functions, of the International, European and Italian legislative frameworks regarding which materials are admitted to come into contact with food, as well as the analytical controls for compliance with the requirements. Innovative materials and packaging processing techniques will also be presented, highlighting which aim to improve a food’s shelf-life, and which aim to guarantee consumer health and environmental sustainability.

At the end of this course participants will have acquired knowledge on the role of packaging and problematic issues, and will be able to make informed choices about how to achieve a suitable shelf-life for packaged food, while respecting environmental and consumer needs.

- Monday:

Food packaging: conventional and innovative functions

Mandatory and voluntary requirements on the label of food products and information to consumers

Packaging and food safety: regulatory and analytical aspects

- Tuesday:

The evolution of food packaging material

- Wednesday:

Visit to EXPO Milano 2015

- Thursday:

Visit to Tetrapak Italiana Spa and to Consorzio Casalasco del Pomodoro

- Friday:

Food packaging material: increasing food safety through innovation and sharing knowledge within the supply chain

High pressure processing: industrial applications and packaging considerations of an emerging non-thermal technique

A contribution on packaging sustainability

Food business operators' commitment to improving the quality of the used packaging material

Registration for this course is now closed

Period

FromOctober 12^th 2015
ToOctober 16^th 2015

Location

CREMONA
Palazzo Trecchi

Language

The course will be delivered in English. Upon request, this course can be repeated in another language.

Participation Fee

The participation fee is € 1,600.00. For applications made before July 14th, 2015 a 20% discount will be applied (participation fee = € 1,280.00).

If two or more members of an organization apply for the same course the first participant will pay the full fee, but additional members will have a reduced participation fee of € 1,200.00.

The application deadline for the course SAF03 is September 15th, 2015.

The participation fee includes:

- Tuition costs, including all training materials and use of the location’s training facilities and related services

- Participant costs, including the course field trips, transfer to and from EXPO Milano 2015 + entrance ticket, the lunches of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and a final dinner.

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