In the past few years there has been a major shift in the driving force for development of new packaging technology. Changing consumer demands for food products that are minimally processed and can prolong for longer time with minimal loss in quality, new regulations for consumer health and safety, need for packages that prevent microbial contamination, rancidity and production of off-odours, gases, off-flavours etc. are some of the driving forces. Moreover, there have been changes in retail, distribution and purchasing of food products such as internet shopping. Henceforth, technologies like active packaging, interactive packaging, smart packaging, intelligent packaging, and modified atmosphere packaging are need of the hour. In this review different aspect of active packaging are discussed.