Theory -- New technologies in food packaging: overview -- Gas and solute permeation: theory and modeling -- Migration of food and packaging -- Quality of packaged -- Active food packaging -- Introduction to active food packaging technologies -- Antimicrobial packaging -- Packaging containing natural antimicrobial agents -- Oxygen scavenging packaging -- Volatile plant extracts against pathogens on packaged foods -- Commercial use of oxygen scavenging -- Intelligent packaging and information -- Intelligent packaging for food preservation -- Packaging system containing ozone and chlorine dioxide -- Aroma release and odor removing system -- Modified atmosphere packaging -- Introduction to modified atmosphere packaging -- Prediction of gas composition and quality for fruits and vegetables in MAP system -- Packaging strategies for fruits and vegetables -- MAP and quality of fresh chilled meats -- Centralized packaging of fresh meats -- Edible films and coatings -- Edible films and coatings: principles and advantages -- Agripolymers for edible and biodegradable films -- Scientific requirements for commercial use of edible coatings on foods -- Edible coatings on agricultural produces -- Edible films and coatings from plant-origin proteins -- Edible films and coatings from animal-origin proteins -- Emulsion and bi-layer edible films -- Plasticizers in edible films and coatings -- Edible films and coatings from starches -- Edible films and coatings from non-starch polysaccharides -- Lipid-based edible films and coatings.