04 Aug 2020 --- Antimicrobial packaging solutions have demonstrated impressive shelf life-extending capabilities, which are vital in the battle against global food waste. Prevalent here is the EU-funded NanoPack project’s essential oils film, which expands the shelf life of yellow cheese by 50 percent, for example. Yet barriers to mainstream adoption, notably consumer acceptance, cost and regulatory hurdles, pose significant but not impossible challenges to the promising technology.
