“…Antimicrobial packaging is a promising area since it might inhibit or suppress the growth of pathogenic or spoilage microorganism on food surface by using minimum amounts of antimicrobials (Appendini & Hotchkiss, 2002;Gennadios, Hanna, & Kurth, 1997;Han, 2000;Ouattara, Simard, Piette, B egin, & Holley, 2000;Quintavalla & Vicini, 2002). The incorporation of chemical compounds into plastic films is a simple and effective method to develop antimicrobial packaging.…”