EmballageUn emballage est un objet destiné à contenir et à protéger des marchandises, à permettre leur manutention et leur acheminement du producteur au consommateur ou à l’utilisateur, et à assurer leur présentation. thumb|Emballage de fruits confits.thumb|Emballage d'un type de fromage. Étymologiquement, emballer signifie mettre en balle, opération par des emballeurs chargés de grouper les marchandises, les bagages, les biens dans des balles.
Shipping containerA shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context of international shipping trade, "container" or "shipping container" is virtually synonymous with "intermodal freight container" (sometimes informally called a "sea can"), a container designed to be moved from one mode of transport to another without unloading and reloading.
Corrugated box designCorrugated box design is the process of matching design factors for corrugated fiberboard (sometimes called corrugated cardboard) boxes with the functional physical, processing and end-use requirements. Packaging engineers work to meet the performance requirements of a box while controlling total costs throughout the system. Corrugated boxes are shipping containers used for transport packaging and have important functional and economic considerations.
Package testingPackage testing or packaging testing involves the measurement of a characteristic or property involved with packaging. This includes packaging materials, packaging components, primary packages, shipping containers, and unit loads, as well as the associated processes. Testing measures the effects and interactions of the levels of packaging, the package contents, external forces, and end-use. It can involve controlled laboratory experiments, subjective evaluations by people, or field testing.
Packaging and labelingPackaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, logistics, sale, and end use. Packaging contains, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells. In many countries it is fully integrated into government, business, institutional, industrial, and personal use.
Date de durabilité minimalevignette|droite|À gauche : fromage avec une date limite de consommation (DLC) mentionnée : « à consommer jusqu'au ». À droite : paquet de pain avec une date de durabilité minimale (DDM) mentionnée : « à consommer de préférence avant ». La date de durabilité minimale ou DDM est une date indicative indiquée sur l'emballage de certaines denrées au-delà de laquelle leurs qualités organoleptiques et nutritionnelles ne sont plus garanties : elles risquent d'avoir moins de goût, moins de vitamines, une consistance différente, sans pour autant constituer un danger pour la santé.
