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Biobased and Biodegradable Food Packaging Materials Date: 30th November 2011 Time: 9am-5pm

Venue : T11B Level 3 Exchange Room Singapore Polytechnic Cost: $300 (before GST) This workshop will discuss degradability and the way biodegradability is assessed, including the controversial additives that make petroleumderived polymers oxo-biodegradable. This will be followed by a review of all the biobased and/or biodegradable polymers currently available for food packaging including their important properties and potential applications.

The new field of bionanocomposites will also be described together with environmental aspects including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Carbon Footprinting (CFP). A laboratory session will provide participants with knowledge about the production and performance profile of bionanocomposite food packaging films. Finally, the implications of the decision by several major FMCG companies to adopt biobased but not biodegradable rigid plastics will be discussed.

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* Participation fee for two workshops is at a special price of $560 (before GST).

1) 29 November 2011, Tuesday - Safety and Legislative Aspects of Food Contact Materials 2) 30 November 2011, Wednesday - Biobased and Biodegradable Food Packaging Materials

Key Speaker- Professor Gordon Robertson Professor Gordon Robertson is a food packaging consultant, expert witness, author and trainer, and an adjunct Professor in the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Prior to that he was for 11 years Vice President for Environmental & External Affairs for Tetra Pak in their Asia Regional Headquarters. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science & Technology, and a Fellow of the US Institute of Food Technologists. In 2010 he was elected to the Governing Council of IUFoST (International Union of Food Science & Technology). He is a member of the editorial boards of several journals and is currently writing the 3rd edition of his book FOOD PACKAGING PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE. Time 0900-1230

1230-1330 1330 -1530 1530-1645

1645 -1700 1700

Program 1. Sustainability & Degradability Definitions 2. Assessing Biodegradability of Biobased Polymers 3. Oxo-biodegradable (OBD) Polymers 4. Four Categories of Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers Lunch Laboratory Session 5. Properties of Biobased Materials including Barrier Properties and Mechanical Properties 6. Current Limitations of Biobased and Biodegradable Packaging Materials and Methods to Improve Functionality 7. Bionanocomposites 8. Food Packaging Applications 9. Environmental Aspects of Biobased and Biodegradable Packaging Materials including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Carbon Footprinting 10. Future Trends Certificate Presentation End

*All participants will receive a hard copy of the PowerPoint slides used in this workshop.

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