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Recent trend in safety and environmental regulation and artificial intelligence application for food packaging
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This review paper summarizes global trends in rules for food packaging safety and environmental impact, and how artificial intelligence is being used to address related challenges. It describes AI being applied to predict chemical leaching, detect microplastics, and help design more sustainable, bio-based packaging materials.
This review comprehensively examines global trends in safety and environmental regulations for food packaging, alongside artificial intelligence applications designed to overcome existing technical challenges. To address safety hazards, as well as environmental degradation caused by plastic waste, international regulatory frameworks are becoming increasingly stringent. To resolve the complex trade-offs between regulatory compliance and physicochemical properties of packaging, AI techniques are being actively applied for predicting chemical migration, detecting microplastics, forecasting physical properties of bio-based packaging films, and composition optimization. In addition, AI-driven approaches have accelerated the discovery and design of sustainable packaging by reducing experimental costs and improving prediction accuracy. Ultimately, the future competitiveness of the sustainable food packaging industry depends on efficiently balancing environmental regulatory compliance with safety standards. In this regard, AI technology will transcend simple auxiliary tools, acting as pivotal enablers that enhance safety and environmental regulatory responsiveness and accelerate development and commercialization of sustainable packaging.
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