Background

Food product safety, especially at the consumer level, is a major concern around the world. Maintaining product safety from processing to acceptable consumption level is very necessary to avoid the negative effect on human health. The addition of functional material such as Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) into food packaging material creates a path to ensure product safety.

Scope and approach

The role of food packaging can be improvised with the help of other unique technology incorporation such as MOFs, with a group of functional materials possessing unique chemical and physical properties, significantly promising towards food safety due to its high surface area and porous structure. The current review deals with the application of MOF in food packaging, its different synthesis methods, toxicity, future perspectives, and potential purpose in food packaging.

Key findings and conclusion

MOFs act as active agents, especially in active food packaging, by improving shelf-life, quality, and maintaining the safety of packed foods. Incorporation of MOFs into packaging material in different forms supervised the progress in the field of food packaging to ensure product safety with the perspective of implementing novel solutions in the food supply chain. Antimicrobial properties, active molecule removal, and dishonestly labeled food products are some of the challenges faced in traditional food packaging; thus, the emergence of new materials such as MOFs can be a remedy to overcome these challenges. Properties such as good biocompatibility and non-reacting behavior with the host have made MOFs be an integral part of food packaging.

中文翻译：

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金属有机骨架（MOFs）的合成及其在食品包装中的应用：重要评论

背景

食品产品的安全性，特别是在消费者层面上，是世界范围内的主要关注点。从加工到可接受的消费水平，保持产品安全是非常必要的，以避免对人体健康的负面影响。在食品包装材料中添加诸如金属有机框架（MOF）之类的功能性材料，可以确保产品安全。

范围和方法

食品包装的作用可以借助MOF等其他独特的技术组合来即兴发挥，一组功能材料具有独特的化学和物理特性，由于其高表面积和多孔结构，极大地有望实现食品安全。当前的评论涉及MOF在食品包装中的应用，其不同的合成方法，毒性，未来前景以及在食品包装中的潜在目的。

主要发现和结论

MOF通过延长保质期，质量和保持包装食品的安全性，充当活性剂，尤其是在活性食品包装中。从在食品供应链中实施新颖解决方案的角度出发，将MOF以不同形式并入包装材料中可以监督食品包装领域的发展，以确保产品安全。抗菌性能，去除活性分子和标记不诚实的食品是传统食品包装所面临的一些挑战。因此，MOF等新材料的出现可能是克服这些挑战的一种补救措施。MOF具有良好的生物相容性和与宿主的非反应性等特性使MOF成为食品包装中不可或缺的一部分。