This week we feature Diana Huerta who is an Applications Engineering Manager from Sealed Air’s Shrink Bags Product Line. Besides all her knowledge and experience in food packaging and polymers, she is a meat scientist and works with meat processors to optimize the shelf-life of fresh meat on a daily basis. We are entering a new era in meat packaging and Diana points out how the meat industry is constantly adapting to satisfy the demand of meat in the world.

Meat our guest: Diana has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Venezuela and holds a Master’s degree in Meat Science from Texas A&M University. She has been awarded 3 U.S. patents for packaging solutions, has 6 published academic papers, and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Diana has made considerable contributions to the automation initiatives at Sealed Air in response to the food industry's pressing needs to get food to consumers while facing workforce shortages. In addition, she leads a team of engineers and scientists responsible for researching customer needs, developing new solutions, and implementing commercially viable packaging solutions.

Today you will learn:

1. New era of meat packaging

2. Automation

3. Thoughts on labor shortages

4. Tendency for less product handling

5. Global food supply

6. Sustainability in meat production

7. Packaging and shelf-life

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