Date : 27th June, 2022 Class : SS TWO Subject : FOOD AND NUTRITION Topic : FOOD PACKAGING. Introduction Food packaging could be referred to as a group of activities in product planning that involves designing and producing the container or wrapper for the product. Reasons for Packaging Packaging protects the food on its route from the manufacturer to the final consumer. Packaging carries advertisement for as long as the used in its package It increases the cost of handling in terms of storage and transportation for both the intermediaries and the consumer Packaging helps to identify a product and this may prevent substitution of competitive goods Packaging also serve as a promotion at the point of purchase Types of Packaging Family packaging : This involves the use of identical packaging for all products e.g rite food industry like the bigi apple, bigi cola, bigi lemon etc Re-use packaging : This involves using packaging that can serve other p...