Food Packaging Environment

Professor Gordon Robertson is a food packaging consultant, expert witness, author and trainer, and an adjunct Professor in the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Prior to that he was for 11 years Vice President for Environmental & External Affairs for Tetra Pak in their Asia Regional Headquarters. Before that he was Foundation Professor of Packaging Technology at Massey University, New Zealand where he taught courses in food packaging for 21 years.

The 2nd edition of his book FOOD PACKAGING PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE was published by CRC Press in the USA in 2006 and is used in universities and by industry around the world. A 3rd edition is in preparation. He offers training courses in food packaging using the book as the course notes.

A food technologist by training, he has a Master of Technology and PhD in food technology as well as a Management Diploma. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science & Technology, and a Fellow of the US Institute of Food Technologists. In addition he is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Packaging, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology, and a Past President and Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science & Technology. In 2010 he was elected to the Governing Council of IUFoST (International Union of Food Science & Technology). He is a member of the editorial boards of several journals.

Services offered include:
* consulting assignments in food packaging
* expert witness in insurance claims
* designing and delivering training courses in food packaging
* conference presentations on aspects of food packaging