Even before September 11, consumers worried about food safety. They want to know that what they're eating is safe, but they also want assurances the food is fresh and of the highest quality. While tamper evidence is significant for food safety, it's important to consumers that packaging is easy to open, says Josephine Lee, marketing associate in processed cheese and dairy at Chicago-based Alcan Packaging. The company developed and offers easy-open mechanisms such as easy-peel films, hermetically sealed tear tapes, perforated films and LaserTear, which scores the outside layer of a film with a laser to provide a controlled tear of the film at a precise location.
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