Smart applications for fish and seafood packaging systems

An important health-affecting factor is the safety of food. As controlling food safety via real-time monitoring system is a profound need, innovations for packaging technologies of food throughout “smart” applications have gained an accelerated interest. These smart systems are based on enlighten consumer about the “quality of food product”. With the developments in smart packaging technology, new packaging materials, sensor systems, and multifunctional detection systems have emerged for traceability of food quality. This chapter is a deep summary of the latest developments of smart packaging applications for monitoring fish and seafood with the principle of from farm to fork along with highlighting the recent applications of smart technologies; sensors, indicators, data carriers with blockchain systems, and electronic sensing systems as novel applications as well. Despite all these advantages, the weak consumer perception of smart packaging and the difficulties in reusing smart packaging waste with recycling systems are obstacles to the commercialization of these systems worldwide. However, it is believed that these perceptions will disappear with increasing research and emerging patented and validated products.