ActiBioSafe
Active and biodegradable food packaging systems
Romanian and Norwegian scientists join forces to develop new innovative food packaging biomaterials with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties.
Start
01. Jan 2014
End
31. Dec 2017
Funded by
EEA Grants
Cooperation
Coordinator: "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania. Partners: Nofima, ICPAO Medias - Research Institute of Organic and Auxiliaries Products, Rodax SRL, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest
Project Manager(s):
The main objective of the project is to obtain complex bioactive systems based on PHAs (PLA) and chitosan biopolymers as well as on the design and embedding of encapsulated forms with active substances in order to:
a) prolong the shelf-life of the food packaged products
b) to inhibit pathogenic microorganisms growth
c) to impart to packaging other functionality (antioxidative, bioactive)
The project objectives aim to achieve these priority aspects:
1) reducing food contamination risk and extending shelf-life of food products by obtaining active and biodegradable new food pack system and to increase quality, food safety and security for a wide range of food products during storage
2) minimizing food packaging waste through replacing traditional plastic packaging materials with a new biodegradable and antimicrobial packaging biocomposites
3) decreasing of food waste by prolonging the shelf life of the food products using the new active and biodegradable food pack system