This research aimed to assess the potential of active food packaging as an innovative approach to enhance the
quality of fresh food products. Specifically, our focus was on developing chitosan edible films combined with
rosemary nanoemulsion (Ch-RNE) and carvacrol nano-emulsion (Ch-CNE) as effective antibacterial food packaging
solutions. The efficacy of these films against artificially inoculated L. monocytogenes (NCTC 13372\ ATCC®
7644) as a Gram-positive bacterium, and S. enterica serovar Typhimurium (ATCC 14028) as a Gram-negative
bacterium, in ground meat was investigated. The size of the prepared nano-emulsions was characterized using
zeta sizer, FTIR and HRTEM. The MIC of both nano-emulsions against both pathogens was found to be 0.78 %
and 1.56 %. Filmogenic mixtures were casted using these concentrations, which were then dried and evaluated
for their physical and mechanical properties.