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Descriptor English: Food Packaging
Descriptor Spanish: Embalaje de Alimentos
Descriptor embalaje de alimentos
Entry term(s) contenedores de alimentos
empaquetado de alimentos
envasado de alimentos
Scope note: Recipientes, embalaje y materiales de embalaje para alimentos crudos o procesados y bebidas. Incluye el embalaje destinado al almacenamiento y también el utilizado para la preparación de los alimentos como los envases de comida para hornos microondas; no incluye los UTENSILIOS PARA COMER Y COCINAR. Los materiales de embalaje pueden estar concebidos para tener contacto con los alimentos o no, como es el caso de los contenedores para el transporte. También se puede consultar ETIQUETADO DE ALIMENTOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Embalagem de Alimentos
Descriptor French: Emballage alimentaire
Entry term(s): Food Container
Food Containers
Packaging, Food
Tree number(s): J01.576.423.200.375
J01.576.423.850.600
J01.576.761.400
VS2.001.003.004.002
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018857
Scope note: Containers, packaging, and packaging materials for processed and raw foods and beverages. It includes packaging intended to be used for storage and also used for preparation of foods such as microwave food containers versus COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS. Packaging materials may be intended for food contact or designated non-contact, for example, shipping containers. FOOD LABELING is also available.
Annotation: includes containers, packaging methods, packaging materials; IM; coord with specific food (IM); FOOD LABELING is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Food Technology (1975-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Related: Food Storage MeSH
DeCS ID: 29608
Unique ID: D018857
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/05
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Food Packaging - Preferred
Concept UI M0028211
Scope note Containers, packaging, and packaging materials for processed and raw foods and beverages. It includes packaging intended to be used for storage and also used for preparation of foods such as microwave food containers versus COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS. Packaging materials may be intended for food contact or designated non-contact, for example, shipping containers. FOOD LABELING is also available.
Preferred term Food Packaging
Entry term(s) Packaging, Food
Food Containers - Narrower
Concept UI M0028210
Preferred term Food Containers
Entry term(s) Food Container



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