SHARPAK has agreed on a commercial partnership with OSY Group to apply its food technology to soft fruit packaging, aiming to extend shelf life and reduce food waste.
The technology will be applied to packaging for strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and grapes sold predominantly in UK supermarkets. OSY Group says its antimicrobial coating enables food to stay fresh for longer by leaving microscopic pins on packaging surfaces which puncture and kill microbes, slowing the natural spoiling process that affects the produce within.
The company adds that the partnership with SHARPAK comes after extensive global testing of the technology with commercial partners, independent laboratories and other facilities, which has proven it to be food safe and compliant with the Food Contact Materials regulations for fresh produce.
Earlier this year retailer Megamark adopted Tosca’s reusable crates to transport, distribute, and display fresh products at point-of-sale, expecting to improve logistics while lowering operational costs and environmental impact. Megamark hopes to reduce its reliance on single-use packaging across several points of sale, with the ‘wood-look’ crates set to account for 9.6 million crates of fruit and vegetables and 1 million crates of red meat every year.
In a move intended to combat unnecessary food waste, Makro and VML have applied stickers to fresh produce with visual indicators of the product’s ripeness and serving suggestions for each stage. The Life Extending Stickers campaign hopes to change consumer perceptions of ripeness and spoilage in fresh produce and ensure food does not go to waste while it is still edible.
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