A few days ago, industry insiders in Canada stated that in recent years, due to rising prices of raw materials, energy, and salaries, many food processing companies have 'stirred' on food packaging. On the one hand, more gas is added to the packaging, and packaging is reduced. Products, in order to reduce the production costs while maintaining the same market price, on the other hand from the packaging design of the bottled foods for minor changes, the bottle size remains the same, the bottom of the bottle has become an elevated shape, even if the food contained The amount of weight has been reduced, and consumers will not find out the reason without careful examination.
On the packaging 'hands and feet' food machinery refutes this 'pot' does not back
It is understood that this practice of reducing the amount of food in the package to save several cents per pack is now becoming more common abroad. According to estimates from the United States and other European markets, there have been 18% of food packaging in the past five years. Being narrowed down. Some industry insiders believe that in the face of rising prices, this is also a viable way to maintain competitiveness in the international food industry.
Others believe that there are many ways to reduce corporate costs. This phenomenon of 'reducing inflation' is not suitable for the full range of respect, although it does not have a certain impact on the quality and safety of food, after all, it makes consumers more or less profitable. Loss, let alone the inflatable packaging machine, quantitative packaging equipment, measuring equipment back hands and feet of the 'black pot', lose 'early heart'.
First, I used the inflatable packaging machine as an example. I previously participated in the Shanghai Baking Exhibition. In the packaging exhibition hall, the author walked into a company focusing on the research and development of inflatable packaging equipment. After introduction of related personnel, the inflatable packaging machine was mainly used to store food. To achieve oxygen barrier, moisture, mold, preservation, anti-pollution and other purposes, effectively extend the shelf life, easy to transport and store.
If food processing companies use inflatable packaging machines, they only want to add more gas to the packaging and reduce the amount of packaging, instead of considering how to improve the performance of the equipment to ensure the quality and safety of the food. This is not conducive to regulation and guides the industry. Sustained and healthy development is also not conducive to product innovation, upgrading and improvement in the packaging machinery industry.
The quantitative packaging machine, as the name implies, mainly meets the demand of the enterprises for quantitative packaging of products, making the net content of foods meet the requirements. The author was informed that, recently, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiuning, Chaohu and other places related to the quantitative package of net product content A spot check was carried out. Among them, the net content of jasmine tip sold by a certain company in Tianjin was unqualified. According to the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Measurement and Management of Quantitatively Packaged Commodities, the illegal conduct of production and business was investigated and dealt with.
It is not advisable for companies to reduce the net content of foods, especially the weight of packaged foods, and it is not desirable. However, the application of quantitative packaging machines and measuring instruments can not only meet the measurement accuracy, speed requirements, but also help In order to cooperate with related departments to crack down severely on the illegal activities of the net content of goods, and to maintain the market economic order, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
In a word, food processing companies are not a long-term solution to their packaging. Although reducing production costs, there are risks of violating relevant laws and harming the interests of consumers. At the same time, some food machinery and equipment are also lost. The original meaning.