Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Provides Information
– UPC symbols,
contents, guarantees,
nutritional value,
potential hazards
Functions of
Packaging
• Meeting
Customer
Needs –
various sizes,
snack kits, etc.
Functions of Packaging
• Ensuring Safe
Use – plastic
instead of
glass, tamper-
resistant
packaging,
blisterpacks,
childproof
containers.
To read about the Tylenol murders in 1982,
and the resulting invention of the
tamperproof package, click on the Tylenol
box above.
Functions of Packaging
• Protecting the Product – during
shipping, storage, and display.
Protects food from spoilage.
Helps prevent shoplifting
Contemporary Packaging Issues
• Information about
product use,
care, other
features
Grade Label