Patent ID: 6482452
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A23B,A23L,B65D

Abstract:
A combination of a liquid-tight meat tray (1) and an absorbent/separating layer (5) inserted into the meat tray, wherein the absorbent/separating layer (5) is comprised of an absorbent pad (6) and a film (7), arranged on the absorbent pad (6) and configured to reduce the permeability of meat juice released by gravity from a piece of meat placed onto the absorbent/separating layer (5), wherein the meat tray (1), the absorbent/separating layer (5), and the piece of meat placed on the absorbent/separating layer (5) are to be wrapped by a fresh-keeping foil (13) such that a common closed envelope is formed of the fresh-keeping foil (13), the combination further comprising a zone (11) introduced into a space to be enclosed by the fresh-keeping foil (13), wherein the zone (11) contains a purely plant-based preservative (12) comprised of crushed spice material having microbially active volatile components (15) employed in a chemically unchanged form, wherein the microbially active volatile components (15) form an aura within the space to be enclosed by the fresh-keeping foil (13) without the crushed spice material and the piece of meat (10) having direct contact with one another.