Flashcards: Packaging

A beverage can is a metal container designed to hold a fixed portion of liquid such as carbonated soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, fruit juices, teas, herbal teas, energy drinks, etc.

Packaging is the technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use.

Shelf life is the length of time that a commodity may be stored without becoming unfit for use, consumption, or sale.

An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album.

A retort pouch is a type of food packaging made from a laminate of flexible plastic and metal foils.

Authentication (from Greek: αὐθεντικός authentikos, "real, genuine", from αὐθέντης authentes, "author") is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a single piece of data (a datum) claimed true by an entity.

A plastic bag, polybag, or pouch is a type of container made of thin, flexible, plastic film, nonwoven fabric, or plastic textile.

A tin can, tin (especially in British English, Australian English and Canadian English), steel can, steel packaging or a can, is a container for the distribution or storage of goods, composed of thin metal.

A pallet /ˈpælᵻt/, sometimes inaccurately called a skid (a skid has no bottom deck boards), is a flat transport structure that supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, pallet jack, front loader, work saver, or other jacking device, or a crane.

Security seals are mechanisms used to seal shipping containers in a way that provides tamper evidence and some level of security.

A matchbox is a box made of cardboard or thin wood and designed to hold matches.

A performance, in the performing arts, generally comprises an event in which a performer or group of performers present one or more works of art to an audience.

Plain tobacco packaging, also known as generic, standardised or homogeneous packaging, refers to packaging that requires the removal of all branding (colours, imagery, corporate logos and trademarks), permitting manufacturers to print only the brand name in a mandated size, font and place on the pack, in addition to the health warnings and any other legally mandated information such as toxic constituents and tax-paid stamps.

A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain.

A plastic bottle is a bottle constructed from plastic.

A flip-top, swing-top, or Quillfeldt stopper (after the inventor, Charles de Quillfeldt) is a type of closure frequently used for bottles containing carbonated beverages, such as beer or mineral water.

The packaging and labeling of food is subject to regulation in most regions/jurisdictions, both to prevent false advertising and to promote food safety.

Load securing, also known as cargo securing, is the securing of cargo for transportation.

Slip sheets are thin pallet-sized sheets made of plastic, heavy laminated kraft paperboard, or corrugated fiberboard used in commercial shipping.

Blow molding ( BrE moulding ) is a manufacturing process by which hollow plastic parts are formed.

Microprinting is the production of recognizable patterns or characters on a printed medium at a scale which requires magnification to be read.

A container is a basic tool, consisting of any device creating a partially or fully enclosed space that can be used to contain, store, and transport objects or materials.

Tobacco packaging warning messages are warning messages that appear on the packaging of cigarettes and other tobacco products concerning the health effects of those products.

The Dangerous Substances Directive (as amended) was one of the main European Union laws concerning chemical safety, until its full replacement by the new regulation CLP regulation (2008), starting in 2016.

Container-deposit legislation is any law that requires collection of a monetary deposit on soft-drink, juice, milk, water, alcoholic-beverage, and/or other reusable packaging at the point of sale.

Spray foam is a chemical product created by two materials, isocyanate and polyol resin, which react when mixed with each other and expand up to 30-60 times its liquid volume after it is sprayed in place.

Gift wrapping is the act of enclosing a gift in some sort of material.