ABSTRACT
The shelf life concept is almost always dened and explained with reference to the market and to the commercial life of packaged food products offered by the self-service distribution system (Anonymous 1974, Labuza 1982, Marsh 1986, Lee et al. 2008a). In other words, we seldom talk about the shelf life of unpackaged or raw products and rarely focus attention on shelf life in the home, whereas it is common to
CONTENTS
8.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 199 8.2 Assessing Shelf Life Dependence on Water Vapor Transmission across
the Packaging ................................................................................................ 201 8.2.1 Water Vapor Permeability of Packaging Materials ..........................202 8.2.2 Models to Assess Shelf Life Moisture Dependence .........................207
