Realization of importance of food packaging and its problems as migration, interaction with food components, sterilization. Testing of packaging materials for food. Basic knowledge to recognize problems in ecological balances of packaging materials and ecological and health aspects with cleaning agents, disinfectants, textiles and childcare articles.
Packaging materials, kitchenware and equipment in food industrie made of metal, plastics, wood, paper, paste board, ceramics, glass and enamel. Migration from packaging materials into food, interactions between packaging materials and food components. Analytical methods for testing migrating substances. Toxicology of packaging materials. Influence of packaging materials during storage of food; microbiological problems, aseptic packaging. Legislation. Testing of packaging materials for food. Comparison one way packaging - multi way packaging. Active packaging materials. Cleaning agents and disinfectants. colours and paints, varnishes, coating compounds. Child articles, paint and ink, textiles.
Oral test
The student has to be enrolled for at least one of the studies listed below
Basic knowledge in organic chemistry, food chemistry and material science.
