Many advances have occurred in the field of smart meat packaging, and the potential for these to be used as tools that respond to challenges faced by industry is exciting. Here, we review packaging solutions to several immediate concerns, encompassing dark cutting, purge and yield losses, product traceability and provenance, packaging durability, microbial spoilage and safety, colour stability, environmental impacts, and the preservation of eating quality. Different active and intelligent packaging approaches to each of these were identified and are discussed in terms of their usefulness – to processors, retailers and/or consumers. From this, it became apparent that prior to selecting a packaging solution, industry should first define their criteria for success (e.g. How much purge is too much? What is a reasonable shelf-life to facilitate product turnover? Is the customer willing to pay for this?), and understand that packaging is not the sole solution, but acts as part of a holistic response to these issues.

智能肉类包装领域已经取得了许多进步，将其用作应对行业面临的挑战的工具的潜力令人兴奋。在这里，我们将对包装解决方案进行复审，以解决一些紧迫的问题，包括暗切，吹扫和产量损失，产品可追溯性和出处，包装耐久性，微生物变质和安全性，颜色稳定性，环境影响以及饮食质量的保持。确定了针对每种包装的不同主动和智能包装方法，并就其对加工者，零售商和/或消费者的实用性进行了讨论。由此可见，在选择包装解决方案之前，行业应首先定义其成功标准（例如，多少净化太多？促进产品周转的合理货架期是多少？客户愿意为此付费吗？），并了解包装并不是唯一的解决方案，而是对这些问题进行整体响应的一部分。