Patent ID: 7803416
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for the manufacture of a fresh meat package by placing the meat product ( 14 ) on a support member ( 6 ) and closing the package in a lidding station ( 4 ) under a high oxygen-content atmosphere by means of a twin lidding film ( 3 ), comprising an inner, food-contact, oxygen-permeable film ( 15 ) and an outer oxygen-impermeable film ( 16 ), positioned over the meat product and heat-sealed to the periphery of the support member so as to bind a confined volume ( 19 ) within the package containing at least an amount of oxygen effective to inhibit discoloration of the packaged meat product, said process comprising the steps of: a. providing the twin lidding film ( b. following unwinding and before entering into the lidding station (