Patent ID: 6601732
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: B32B,C09K,Y10T

Abstract:
A bag-in-box package for containing liquids including a bag comprising one or more film layers of an oxygen scavenging composition(s) in combination with at least one gas and vapour barrier-forming layer or coating and a tap and tap fitting affixed to said bag, said tap and/or tap fitting consisting of a polymer composition comprising an oxygen scavenging composition(s), wherein said oxygen scavenging composition(s) comprises at least one reducible organic compound which is reduced when the composition is subjected to predetermined conditions, the reduced form of the organic compound(s) being oxidisable by ground state molecular oxygen, and wherein the reduction and/or subsequent oxidation of the organic compound(s) occurs independently of each of constant illumination with visible light and the presence of a transition metal catalyst.