School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability

Adjunct Professor Gordon Robertson

Adjunct Professor
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
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Researcher biography

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 1st edition of his book FOOD PACKAGING: PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE was published in 1992, followed by a 2nd edition in 2006. They have become the most popular books on food packaging and are used in universities and by industry around the world. The 3rd edition was published by CRC Press in the USA in December 2012. He offers training courses in food packaging using the book as the course notes. 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. From 2010 to 2012 he was a member of the Governing Council of IUFoST (International Union of Food Science & Technology). He is a member of the editorial boards of several journals including Packaging Technology & Science and Food Packaging & Shelf Life.

Publications

Books (2)
Book Chapters (10)
Journal Articles (12)
Conference Paper (1)
Reference Entry (1)

Books

Robertson, Gordon L (2013). Food Packaging: Principles and Practice. 3rd ed. Boca Raton Florida, United States: CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.1201/b21347
Robertson, Gordon (2006). Food packaging: principles and practice. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL, U.S.: CRC Press:Taylor & Francis Group.

Book Chapters

Robertson, G. L. (2016). Packaging and food and beverage shelf life. The stability and shelf life of food. (pp. 77-106) edited by Persis Subramaniam. Duxford, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-100435-7.00003-4
Robertson, G. L. (2014). Packaging materials for biscuits and their influence on shelf life. Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems. (pp. 232-249) edited by Neal K. Van Alfen. San Diego United States: Elseiver. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52512-3.00063-2
Robertson, G. L. (2011). Heat Treatment of Milk: Ultra-High Tempterature Treatment (UHT: AspectPackaging. Encyclopedia of dairy sciences. (pp. 708-713) edited by John W. Fuquay, Patrick E. Fox and Paul L. H. McSweeney. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374407-4.00217-X
Robertson, G. L. (2011). Packaging materials for biscuits and their influenec on shelf life. Manley's technology of biscuits, crackers and cookies. (pp. 247-267) edited by D. J. R. Manley. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing. doi: 10.1533/9780857093646.2.247
Robertson, G. L. (2011). Paper-based packaging for frozen foods. Handbook of frozen food processing and packaging. (pp. 743-758) edited by Da-Wen Sun. Boca Raton Florida, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b11204-41
Robertson, G. L. (2011). Packaging and food and beverage shelf life. Food and beverage stability and shelf life. (pp. 244-272) edited by David Kilcast and Persis Subramaniam. Oxford, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-84569-701-3.50007-4
Robertson, Gordon L. (2009). Food packaging. Food science and technology. (pp. 275-298) edited by Geoffrey Campbell-Platt and International Union of Food Science and Technology. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell.
Robertson, Gordon (2009). Sustainable food packaging. Handbook of Waste Management and Co-Product Recovery in Food Processing. (pp. 221-254) Cambridge, England: Woodhead Publishing. doi: 10.1533/9781845697051.2.221
Robertson, Gordon (2008). Shelf life of packaged foods: Its measurement and estimation. Developing new food products for a changing marketplace. (pp. 329-352) edited by A. L. Brody and J. B. Lord. Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.: CRC Press.
Robertson, Gordon L. (2008). State-of-the-art biobased food packaging materials. Environmentally compatible food packaging. (pp. 3-28) edited by Chiellini, Emo. Cambridge, U.K.: Woodhead Publishing. doi: 10.1533/9781845694784.1.3

Journal Articles

Lee, Dong Sun and Robertson, Gordon L. (2022). Shelf-life estimation of packaged dried foods as affected by choice of moisture sorption isotherm models. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 46 (3) e16335, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/jfpp.16335
Lee, Dong Sun and Robertson, Gordon L. (2021). Interactive influence of decision criteria, packaging film, storage temperature and humidity on shelf life of packaged dried vegetables. Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 28 100674, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fpsl.2021.100674
Robertson, Gordon L. (2021). Recycling of aseptic beverage cartons: A review. Recycling, 6 (1) 20, 1-20. doi: 10.3390/RECYCLING6010020
Robertson, Gordon L. and Lee, Dong Sun (2021). Comparison of linear and GAB isotherms for estimating the shelf life of low moisture foods packaged in plastic films. Journal of Food Engineering, 291 110317. doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2020.110317
Sand, Claire Koelsch and Robertson, Gordon L. (2019). How to Reduce Packaging Waste. Food Technology, 73 (2), 77-79.
Robertson, Gordon L. and Sand, Claire Koelsch (2018). Bio-derived polymers for food packaging. Food Technology, 72 (7), 120-122.
Robertson, Gordon L. (2015). Trends in food packaging. Food Science and Technology (London), 29 (3), 12-15.
Robertson, Gordon L. (2014). Biobased but not biodegradable. Food Technology, 68 (6), 61-70.
Robertson, G. L. (2012). Overall status of shelf life studies. Italian Journal of Food Science, 24 (4), 3-8.
Robertson, Gordon L. (2008). Biobased packaging: Is it sustainable?. International Review of Food Science and Technology (1), 72-75.
Robertson, Gordon (2007). Biobased packaging materials: What role do they have in food packaging?. Journal of Packaging Science & Technology, 16 (1), 71-83.
Robertson, G. L. (2006). Crisis management and risk communication: Why the food industry must get it right. Food Australia, 58 (8), 367-371.

Conference Paper

Robertson, Gordon L. (2006). Tainting of food from packaging: Why is it still occurring?.

Reference Entry

Robertson, Gordon (2009). Packaging of food.