Slicing machine for elongate foodstuffs, - having a housing with an introduction region for the elongate foodstuff and with a removal region for the sliced elongate foodstuff, - having a cutting knife for the elongate foodstuff, - having a shaft for receiving the elongate foodstuff, the longitudinal direction of which corresponds to the feeding direction of the elongate foodstuff, - having a packaging device for the sliced elongate foodstuff, which is present inside the housing, - wherein the packaging device has at least one bag opener and at least one store for bags (30, 30.3), - wherein a bag (30, 30.3) provided by the store for bags is able to be kept open by the bag opener at least in the region of the bag opening, - wherein the store for bags (30, 30.3) is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the cutting knife, such that the sliced slices are able to be inserted bit by bit into the bag (30, 30.3), - characterized in that - a holding-down means is provided, by way of which the closed end region of the bag (30, 30.3) is able to be held in the direction of the shaft bottom, - the open peripheral region of the bag (30, 30.3) is able to be kept open by the bag opener, - the holding-down means has a front holding arm and a rear holding arm, wherein the front holding arm is mounted so as to be pivotable or so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the shaft such that the front holding arm is pivoted or displaced bit by bit in the feeding direction by the sliced slices and the bag (30, 30.3) is opened up bit by bit ever further for the sliced slices by the pivoted or displaced front holding arm. - having a housing with an introduction region for the elongate foodstuff and with a removal region for the sliced elongate foodstuff, - having a cutting knife for the elongate foodstuff, - having a shaft for receiving the elongate foodstuff, the longitudinal direction of which corresponds to the feeding direction of the elongate foodstuff, - having a packaging device for the sliced elongate foodstuff, which is present inside the housing, - wherein the packaging device has at least one bag opener and at least one store for bags (30, 30.3), - wherein a bag (30, 30.3) provided by the store for bags is able to be kept open by the bag opener at least in the region of the bag opening, - wherein the store for bags (30, 30.3) is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the cutting knife, such that the sliced slices are able to be inserted bit by bit into the bag (30, 30.3), - characterized in that - a holding-down means is provided, by way of which the closed end region of the bag (30, 30.3) is able to be held in the direction of the shaft bottom, - the open peripheral region of the bag (30, 30.3) is able to be kept open by the bag opener, - the holding-down means has a front holding arm and a rear holding arm, wherein the front holding arm is mounted so as to be pivotable or so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the shaft such that the front holding arm is pivoted or displaced bit by bit in the feeding direction by the sliced slices and the bag (30, 30.3) is opened up bit by bit ever further for the sliced slices by the pivoted or displaced front holding arm.