Patent ID: 8877271
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A packaging module useful in transporting and/or storing of carbon dioxide absorbing oxidatively-degradable foodstuffs which comprises: a) a pressure-stable sealed tote of limited oxygen permeability and a defined headspace; b) a carbon dioxide absorbing oxidatively-degradable foodstuff; c) a fuel cell capable of converting hydrogen and oxygen into water, wherein the fuel cell does not require an external power source to convert the hydrogen and oxygen into water; d) a hydrogen source; and e) further wherein the initial headspace occupies at least 30 volume percent of the tote and the gas in the headspace comprises at least 99 vol. percent gases other than oxygen; an anode of the fuel cell is in communication with the hydrogen source and a cathode inlet of the fuel cell is in communication with the environment in the tote; and in a presence of the oxygen in the environment in the tote, protons and electrons are generated by the anode, and the protons interact with the oxygen present at the cathode to generate water and to remove the oxygen from the environment in the tote.