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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) was established under Food Safety and Standards, 2006. It consolidates various acts & orders that, until the formation of the authority, handled food related issues enforced and monitored by various Ministries and Departments.

FSSAI was created to lay down science-based standards for articles of food and as a regulatory body to oversee the manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import of the same food articles. This ensures availability of safe and healthy food for human consumption.

The packaging sector uses vast machinery and equipment depending on the material or product. Most TV shows that reveal what goes on in production facilities will feature various machinery, one of which is the form fill seal (FFS) machine.

If you're unfamiliar with this type of machinery, it's primarily used for packaging, forming, filling, and sealing packages on the same system. Depending on your business type, the packaging machine plays an important role in ensuring your brand has the right packaging. The two main types of FFS machines are vertical and horizontal. 

As detailed in the previous blog, structural design can make or break the shelf presence as well as long-term branding image of a product. Let’s look at a few success-stories in the niche that is structural packaging design and how it correlates to a product’s sale.

1. NuCalgon

It is repeatedly emphasized that packaging serves multiple purposes; not only does it protect the contents during transportation and for long term storage, it also acts as a canvas for creating the brand image and prominently placing the symbols that one’s customers may associate with the product for a long period of time.

Food-grade plasticizers are often used as additives in plastic food packaging to increase the plasticity or to decrease the viscosity of wrapping material. These can alter the physical properties of the packaging which results in augmented flexibility and reduced brittleness. This is achieved by decreasing the molecular attraction between the polymer chains which eases any form of processing.

To begin with, let’s define plasticity, plasticizers and food-grade plasticizers.

PLASTICITY

Alternative packaging in the beverage industry, especially the alcoholic beverage industry, has been received with dissent. The resistance, or rather, reluctance of the customer base to accept significant changes has been backed by an almost blind love for glass bottles. While cans and “wine-in-a-box” options have also positioned themselves in the market by dint of cost and convenience, they are still only second to the classic glass bottles that one wishes to showcase in their home bar.  

In previous blogs, we detailed adhesives in terms of their classification and application. In this piece, we will talk about different chemical compositions and structures. So, let’s begin!
Adhesives can either be natural or synthetic based on their source. Natural adhesives include animal, plant and mineral-derived adhesives. Albumin, casein, dextrin, soybean protein, starch, amber and paraffin are a few components that comprise of category that is natural sources of adhesive materials. 

Digimarc Corporation, creator of Digimarc watermarks that are driving the next generation of digital identification and detection-based solutions, announced the launch of its Digimarc® Brand Integrity digital solution, which gives brands and their customers more sophisticated and flexible ways to verify the authenticity of products.

Packaging machinery is the vital constituent to running the industry, although buying Packaging machinery can be a huge investment for the business. But what makes it more important is that this investment should be worthwhile, will soon start providing you return on investment, a lot of planning & research required to make the investment fitted.

Apart from the cost-effective, user-friendly Packaging Machine, it also makes the operation a lot faster & scale up the business to the next level.