Patent ID: 8568638

Claim:
A method of encasing an uncooked food product having a fermentation or curing process after production, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a casing comprising a mixture of: polyamide; and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane monomer having the structure: wherein R is a non-reactive organic group selected from the group consisting of phenyl, i-octyl, cyclohexyl, cyclopentyl, i-butyl, methyl, triflouropropyl, and phenethyl; wherein the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane monomer permits moisture and gas created during fermentation or curing of the uncooked food product to permeate the casing at a permeation greater than if no polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane monomer were present; (b) encasing the uncooked food product in the casing.