Ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka meaʻai:
(1) ka hopena o ka mālama ʻana i ka waiwai: ka mālamalama o ka meaʻai, ka oxygen i ke kaʻina hana o ka mālama ʻana, ka hana o ka enzyme, ka mahana e hoʻopau ʻia ai ka momona a me ka Browning, ka denaturation o nā huaora a me nā protein, ka decomposition pigment, ka omo ʻana o ka wai a me ka haumia microbial a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe, no laila hiki i ka ʻōpala meaʻai ke kāohi i nā mea ʻehā i luna aʻe e hoʻolōʻihi i ke ola o ka papa o ka meaʻai, e mālama i ka meaʻai a me ka maikaʻi. ʻO kēia nō hoʻi ka hana nui a koʻikoʻi o ka ʻōpala meaʻai.
(2) Ka mālama pono ʻana a me ka halihali ʻana: Ma muli o ke ʻano like ʻole o nā mea maka, maʻalahi ke ʻomi ʻia nā ʻano meaʻai āpau i ke kaʻina hana o ka halihali ʻana, ʻo ka hoʻokuʻi ʻana a me nā hopena ʻē aʻe e hōʻemi ai i ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai. No laila, ʻokoʻa nā ʻōpala meaʻai no ka meaʻai i ke kaʻina hana halihali e hāʻawi i kahi pale buffer, e like me ke kūpaʻa hopena mechanical o nā kini, inā he hana buffer pahu corrugated nā mea kanu, a e like me kā mākou ʻōpala kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻemi wela maʻamau, ma muli o kāna ʻōpala liʻiliʻi, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka mālama ʻana i ka wahi a hoʻohana nui ʻia.
(3) Hoʻolaha i nā kūʻai aku: Ke ʻike mākou i nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai, ʻaʻole mākou e kālele wale i ka maikaʻi o nā huahana, akā ʻo ka ʻōpala meaʻai hoʻi e huki i nā mea kūʻai aku i kekahi ʻano. Makemake mākou e kūʻai i ka meaʻai i hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻole ʻia. Eia kekahi laʻana, no ke aha e loaʻa ai i ka brand wai niu niu kahi pōmaikaʻi i ka hoʻokūkū o nā huahana like, me ka maikaʻi o kāna huahana, akā ma lalo hoʻi o ka nui o ka manaʻo ma ka ʻōpala (ʻo kāna ʻōpala waiū niu ua like ia me kā mākou mau hoʻolaha liʻiliʻi i kau ʻia ma ke alanui, ʻo ke kumu e hōʻike i kahi kī: wai niu maoli maʻemaʻe)
(4) ke paipai ʻana i ka waiwai o nā waiwai: He mea maopopo he kiʻekiʻe ke kumukūʻai o nā waiwai i hoʻopili ʻia, ʻo ka meaʻai like, e hāʻawi ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka waiwai hou aʻe i ka huahana. Mai kahi manaʻo ʻē aʻe, i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua kau ʻia hoʻi ka hoʻopili nui ʻana, a i ke kaʻina hana meaʻai e uku nui i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka meaʻai (nā keke mahina a me nā makana ʻahaʻaina ʻē aʻe), he mea kūpono hoʻi ia i ko kākou noʻonoʻo hohonu ʻana i kahi pilikia.
