The production, distribution, and consumption of Korean medicinal herbs have increased every year because of an increase of health considerations. But there are no sufficient standardization procedures in packaging and distribution systems related to these herb products. The standardization of packaging material and dimension could be a good addition for establishing proper quality control methods for Korean medicinal herbs. Medicinal herbs deteriorate under physical, chemical and biological hazards such as oxidation, textural change under high moisture content, color change by light, sanitation problems by insect invasion and contamination. Packaging standardization with proper functional packaging materials is critical to ensure the qualities of medicinal herbs. Also, storage and distribution efficiencies can be improved by achieving packaging dimension standardization. This review summarizes recent research trends related to quality evaluation methods and major quality deterioration factors of Korean medicinal herbs. This paper also offers reviews on some of problems and challenges in current packaging and distribution systems of medicinal herb industries and briefly suggests advanced quality control methods through packaging standardization.
목차
Abstract 서론 본론 1. 한약재에 대한 연구동향 2. 한약재의 유통 규모 3. 한약재 시장의 유통구조 및 유통 프로세스 상의 문제점 4. 한약재 유통 상 포장 문제점 5. 한약재 유통과정 중 품질변화 6. 한약재의 품질측면에서 포장의 문제점 7. 포장 표준화의 개요 및 효과 8. 포장 표준화 사례 및 효과가치 9. 한약재 포장 재료·기법·치수·강도 표준화 방향 결론 참고문헌
키워드
Korean medicinal herbPackaging standardizationQuality problems
저자
가진동 [ Jin-Dong Kah | 연세대학교 패키징학과 ]
김재능 [ Jai-Neung Kim | 연세대학교 패키징학과 ]
박수일 [ Su-Il Park | 연세대학교 패키징학과 ]
이윤석 [ Youn-Suk Lee | 연세대학교 패키징학과 ]
Corresponding Author