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2. Material transfer control agent
The main role of packaging is to preserve food quality and limit spoilage reactions during storage by providing optimum gas and humidity conditions in the headspace and around the product for as long as possible.
To achieve these optimum conditions, the strategy commonly used is to generate a modified atmosphere around the food product. .
Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) is packaging whose gas composition is different from that of the original air and is favorable to...
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