Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Processes – Packaging or treatment of packaged product
Patent
1997-01-13
1999-11-23
Weinstein, Steven
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Processes
Packaging or treatment of packaged product
53432, 53433, 53434, 426129, 426316, 426418, B65B 3102
Patent
active
059896132
ABSTRACT:
A system for packaging of perishable food products involves initially packaging the food product in a receptacle containing an inert gas atmosphere and sealing a film to the receptacle. The inert gas atmosphere prevents deterioration of the food product subsequent to shipment from a central processing facility. The receptacle includes a sealing flange and a tab portion extending from the sealing flange, to which the film is sealed. To prepare the food product for display at a retail establishment, the tab and the film sealed thereto are removed from the package, to form an opening between the film and the receptacle. An atmosphere exchange operation is carried out through the opening, by inserting a nozzle through the opening and introducing an oxygen-containing gas into the receptacle cavity through the opening. The inert gas atmosphere initially contained within the receptacle is exhausted through the opening. Once the atmosphere exchange process has been carried out, the nozzle is withdrawn from the opening and the opening is closed by sealing the film to the receptacle. Introduction of the oxygen-containing gas into the receptacle cavity induces the desired oxygen "bloom" in a fresh meat food product, and in other food products replaces the inert gas atmosphere in preparation for display and consumption of the food product. The final configuration of the package as displayed to consumers has the same external appearance as prior art packages, leading to ready consumer acceptance while greatly enhancing product life and reducing spoilage associated with production and distribution of the food products from a central processing facility. The invention also contemplates a package and a receptacle construction for use in carrying out the described method.
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Freshpak, Inc.
Weinstein Steven
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