Active chicken meat packaging based on PLA films

The nanoparticles and essential oil loaded plasticized polylactide (PLA) composite films are capable of exhibiting antimicrobial effects against Gram (+) and (–) bacteria, and extend the shelf‐life of chicken meat. The bionanocomposite films showed the potential to be manufactured commercially because of the thermal stability of the active components during the hot‐press compression molding process.
The developed bionanocomposites could have practical importance and open a new direction for the active food packaging to control the spoilage and the pathogenic bacteria associated with the fresh chicken meat. An article about the research is published in Food Science.
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