Editing Packaging (section)

{{short description|Enclosure or protection of products for distribution, storage, and sale}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
[[File:Risperdal tablets.jpg|right|thumb|UK [[Risperidone|Risperdal]] Tablets 2000 in a [[blister pack]], which was itself packaged in a folding [[carton]] made of [[paperboard]]]]
'''Packaging''' is the [[science]], [[art]] and [[technology]] of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, [[logistics]], sale, and end use. Packaging contains, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells.<ref>Soroka (2002) ''Fundamentals of Packaging Technology'', Institute of Packaging Professionals {{ISBN|1-930268-25-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Brennan |first1=James G. |last2=Day |first2=Brian P. F. |title=Food Processing Handbook |date=2005 |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]] |isbn=9783527307197 |pages=291–350 |edition=1 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/3527607579.ch9 |language=en |chapter=Packaging|doi=10.1002/3527607579.ch9 }}</ref> In many countries it is fully integrated into government, business, institutional, industrial, and for personal use.

''Package labeling'' ([[American English]]) or ''labelling'' ([[British English]]) is any written, electronic, or [[graphic communication]] on the package or on a separate but associated [[label]].  Many countries or regions have regulations governing the content of package labels.  Merchandising, branding, and persuasive graphics are not covered in this article.