The Handbook addresses questions related to film grades, types of packages for different types of foods and packaging technologies. Additionally the book provides a review of new and emerging technologies. It shows how direct contact between the packed commodity and the plastic is likely to result in the transfer of polymer additives, adventitious impurities such as monomers, catalyst remnants, and residual polymerization solvents. Novel food packaging techniques is a standard reference for the food industry in optimizing the use of packaging to improve product safety and quality.