Safe Biodegradable Packaging (SafeBioPack)

该项目将支持英国-马来西亚的“研究和创新”桥梁，以加快知识的部署和研究的开发，以a)改善生产者和消费者(在城市环境中)运输/储存期间的食品保存，b)减少塑料垃圾进入垃圾填埋场的城市固体废物，以及c)通过减少肉类或蔬菜中食源性病原体传播的传染病的风险，改善人民的健康和福祉。为了实现这些目标，该项目将开发具有改进的保质期性能的创新的可持续包装。包装系统的基础将是使用具有成本竞争力的、目前尚未使用的农业废弃物和使用活性包装的新概念；这种包装将减少/消除病原体微生物的生长，延长包装食品(肉类和蔬菜)的保质期。这将减少整个供应链的食品损失。包装系统将采用农业废物(棕榈空果串)设计，为后续更广泛的用途搭建平台，并将有助于最大限度地减少废物到垃圾填埋场的问题。该方法将开发一种工具来减少食物中毒问题，如食物中毒。在英国和马来西亚，进食被病原体微生物破坏的肉类/蔬菜/即食餐被认为是食物中毒的最常见来源，这反映了欧洲和亚洲更普遍的情况。生物活性分子将使用来自英国/或马来西亚的草药生产。这项提案从英国和马来西亚的角度以及行业内的实践关注这一问题，这也将具有更广泛的国际相关性和影响。

This project will underpin an UK-Malaysian "Research and Innovation" bridge to accelerate the deployment of knowledge and the exploitation of research that will a) improve the preservation of food during transport/ storage between the producer and the consumer (in urban settings), b) reduce urban solid waste from plastics going to landfill, and c) improve health and well being of the population by reducing risk of communicable diseases transmitted by foodborne pathogens in meat or vegetables. To achieve these objectives, the project will develop innovative sustainable packaging with improved shelf-life performance. The packaging system will be based on the use of cost-competitive, presently un-used agri-waste and the use of a new concept of active packaging; a packaging that will reduce/eliminate pathogen microbial growth, increasing shelf-life of packaged food (meat and vegetables). This will reduce food loss across the supply chain. The packaging system will be designed with agri-waste (palm empty fruit bunch), setting-up a platform for other subsequent broader uses, and will contribute to minimising waste-to-landfill problems. The approach will develop a tool to reduce problems of food poisoning, as food poisoning. Consumption of meat/vegetables/ready meals spoiled with pathogen micro-organisms is considered to be the most common source of food poisoning both in the UK and in Malaysia, reflecting a more general case both in Europe and Asia. The bioactive molecules will be produced using herbs, sourced from the UK/ or from Malaysia.This proposal focuses on the issue from both the UK and Malaysian perspective and practices within the industry that will also have wider international relevance and impact.