Traditional food packaging materials in Ghana

1968

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THE ESSENCE of food packaging is to provide protection for food products and also facilitate their storage, handling and merchandising. Good packaging adds to product appeal and enhances its saleability. Food packaging in Ghana is in its embryo stages of development and although various methods of packaging foods are known in the country most of these lack standardization, process and sanitary control. This situation is aggravated by ignorance of the importance of modern practices in food handling and preparation and also by apathy (of the public) to the problem as a whole. This work, a follow-up to a general survey on food packaging in Ghana conducted by an FAO specialist in mid-1967,1 attempts to identify the specific problems in traditional packaging and make suggestions for improvement. The study comprises two sections-a market survey and a laboratory test of the performance of the materials.

Lartey, B.L.