ASTM E460
Standard Practice for Determining Effect of Packaging on Food and Beverage Products During Storage
Available Formats:
- Availability: Immediate Download
- Language: English
- License Type: Single User
- Updates: Not Included
- Availability: Request Quote
- Language: English
- License Type: Enterprise / Multi User
- Updates: Included
About This Item
ASTM E460 is the ASTM standard practice for determining the effect of packaging on food and beverage products during storage. It provides a technical framework for evaluating how packaging may influence product condition over time, helping users assess packaging performance in real storage scenarios. For manufacturers, testers, and quality teams, this standard can support more consistent product evaluation and packaging selection when shelf-life behavior and storage stability are important.
Purpose of ASTM E460
The purpose of ASTM E460 is to guide a structured practice for observing how packaging affects food and beverage products while they are stored. As an ASTM standard, it supports more uniform assessment of packaging-related changes that may occur during storage, such as shifts in product quality or condition. This makes the standard useful when comparing packaging options, verifying performance, or establishing a repeatable technical approach for storage-related evaluation.
Common use cases of ASTM E460
ASTM E460 is commonly used when packaging must be checked for its influence on food and beverage products over time. It may be applied in product development, packaging qualification, or routine quality control where storage performance matters. The standard is relevant to containers, closures, and other packaging systems intended for food or beverage service, especially when teams need a practical way to assess whether packaging helps maintain product condition during expected storage periods.
Why ASTM E460 matters
ASTM E460 matters because packaging can affect product behavior during storage, and those effects can influence quality, consistency, and customer satisfaction. Using a recognized standard practice helps reduce ambiguity in testing and supports more reliable comparisons between packaging options. For procurement, compliance, and internal evaluation programs, ASTM E460 can provide a shared technical basis for decision-making and help lower the risk of packaging choices that do not perform as intended.
- Storage-related packaging evaluation
- Food and beverage product assessment
- Packaging performance comparison
- Quality control and verification
- Support for consistent testing practices
- Publication Date: 2021-02-19
- Publisher: ASTM
Need This Standard?
Request a personalized quote today to receive the latest edition in PDF or other available formats.
Need This Standard?
Request a personalized quote today to receive the latest edition in PDF or other available formats.
Summarize with AI
Get quick summaries using your favorite AI engine.
Online Standart Disclaimer
OnlineStandart.com is an authorized reseller of international standards, operating through partnerships with authorized distributors. We do not own the copyrights or trademarks of the standards we sell, including but not limited to those of API, ASHRAE, BSI, SAE, ASTM, IEEE, IEC, ASME, ISO, and others.
All product names, logos, and brands are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification purposes only; their use does not imply endorsement. OnlineStandart.com is not affiliated with or endorsed by any standards development organization unless explicitly stated. The content of this document is for informational purposes only and is intended to promote our licensed reselling services.
Online Standart does not host, distribute, or link to free, unlicensed, or uncertified copies of copyrighted standards. Every document we deliver is a licensed copy obtained through authorized channels and supplied with full licensing documentation. The “Free PDF Download” option on our product pages refers to this free informational document — never to a free copy of any standard.