A Review of Packaging's Function in the Safety of the Food System: Enhancing the Value of Food Items While Cutting Down Losses and Waste

Food is one of the most basic needs of humans and cannot exist without it. On the other hand, predicting the number of COVID-19 cases in 2020 made the problems with food supply and contamination worse. Customers’ concerns about food and the demand for reliable information on food quality are increased by these issues.Food packaging plays an important part in the food supply chain in the food business by acting as a barrier against undesirable elements and preserving the food’s quality.he objective of this paper is to emphasize the significance of packaging in the food sector, paying special attention to how packaging affects sustaining enhancing the quality and safety of the product and lowering the rate of food waste and losses after harvest. The focus is on recent developments in clever and smart packaging that minimize some of the harmful effects of packaging on the environment and food waste. We look at how food packaging affects the environment and talk about ways to cut down on packaging waste.In this paper we describe the various formats and types of materials used in food packaging.