Richtlinienanalyse und Beurteilung von Verpackungen für Bioprodukte

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Packaging of organic products should fulfil different functions and satisfy high requirements.
In general packaging should guarantee food safety and quality, offer space
for product information and advertisement, be made up of environmental friendly
material and do not contaminate the product by itself. The diversity of packaging of
organic products changed according to the changes of consumer demands for convenience
and smaller packaging as well as to the increased distribution by supermarkets.
The regulations and principles of Bio Suisse with respect to packaging were
therefore revised. Specific proposals and recommendations for the three aspects
ecology, food safety and product quality of organic products were formulated. Additionally
a checklist of criteria was designed to compare different packaging alternatives
for individual products.