Food packaging plays a vital role in preserving food throughout the distribution chain. Without packaging, the processing of food can become compromised as it is contaminated by direct contact with physical, chemical, and biological contaminants. In recent years, the development of novel food packaging (modified atmosphere & active packaging) has not only increased the shelf life of foods, but also their safety and quality - therefore bringing convenience to consumers. Directly related, and interlinked, with food packaging is the concept of shelf life - the length of time that foods, beverages, pharmaceutical drugs, chemicals, and many other perishable items are given before they are considered unsuitable for sale, use, or consumption.

Food Packaging and Shelf Life caters to the needs of scientists, material scientists, food chemists and microbiologists in the area of food packaging and shelf life. The journal will mainly publish original research papers, review articles and short communications in the following areas:

• Food packaging material development
• Designing food packaging machinery
• Physical & chemical properties of food packaging materials
• Polymer, glass, metal and paper packaging systems
• Nano packaging
• Vacuum, gas, aseptic and sterile packaging
• Modified atmosphere packaging systems
• Active and intelligent, & antimicrobial packaging systems
• Edible packaging
• Bio-plastics for food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry
• Food package testing
• Sensory properties of packaged foods
• Microencapsulation
• Migration from packaging materials
• Food package interactions
• Shelf life of packaged food products
• Recycling of food packaging Materials
• Packaging sustainability
• Microbial stability of food during storage, handling and transportation
• Sensory changes during food storage
• Chemical, physical and microbial determinants for shelf life
• Shelf life simulation
• Shelf life and food safety
• Accelerated shelf life tests

Papers focusing exclusively on food product development, functional foods, food chemistry, post-harvest technology, food microbiology, dairy processing will not be covered by this journal.

Research papers
Review articles
Short communications

Editors-in-Chief
H.C. Langowski
Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering & Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
A.A. Wani
Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering & Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany, Islamic University of Science & Technology, Awantipora, India
Associate Editors
R. Franz
Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering & Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany
D.S. Lee
Kyungnam University, Changwon, The Republic of Korea
K.L. Yam
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Managing Editor
P. Singh
Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering & Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany
Editorial Board Members
J. Ahmed
Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait
A.K. Alias
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
R. Auras
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Z. Ayhan
Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
J. Beauchamp
Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering & Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany
K. Bhargava
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, USA
O.J. Caleb
Agricultural Research Council (ARC), South Africa
V. Chonhenchob
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
K. Cooksey
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
M.A. Del Nobile
University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
R. Gavara
Agro Chemistry & Technology Institute (IATA), Spain
N. Gontard
Agro Polymers Engineering & Emerging Technologies, Montpelier, France
G.K. Goyal
National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
N. Hanani
University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
J. P. Kerry
Food Packaging Group, University of Cork, Cork, Ireland
M. Khalid Gul
Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, The Republic of Korea
M.G. Kontominas
University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
T.P. Labuza
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
L. Madi
Istituto de Technologia De Alimentos (ITAL), Brazil
P. V. Mahajan
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Potsdam-Bornim, Germany
A. Mills
Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
W. Morley
2 Sisters Food Group, London, UK
U.L. Ọpara
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
L. Piergiovanni
University of Milan, Milan, Italy
G.L. Robertson
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
S. Sängerlaub
Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering & Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany
M. Schmid
Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering & Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany
A. C. Seydim
Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey
D.S. Sogi
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
R.F. Vogel
Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
Y. Wyser
Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne 26, Switzerland