the oxygen scavenging and oxygen transmission properties of packaging play a key role in determining the shelflife of a product. socalled active packaging systems, which are able to absorb oxygen, are being increasingly used for optimal quality protection. to enable these active functions to be effectively characterized, two new draft standards have been prepared. the fraunhofer institute for process engineering and packaging ivv made a significant contribution to this work.  the drafts are available in german and can be purchased in printed or electronic form from beuth verlag gmbh www.mybeuth.de. in the period from 8 november 2013 to 8 march 2014 the standards can be accessed free and commented on via the draft standard portal of din www.entwuerfe.din.de. httpwww.convertingquarterly.comindustrynewsarticlesid6168neweudraftstandard…
