EP0931723B8 - Method and apparatus for preserving and packaging food products - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for preserving and packaging food products Download PDF

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EP0931723B8
EP0931723B8 EP99100601A EP99100601A EP0931723B8 EP 0931723 B8 EP0931723 B8 EP 0931723B8 EP 99100601 A EP99100601 A EP 99100601A EP 99100601 A EP99100601 A EP 99100601A EP 0931723 B8 EP0931723 B8 EP 0931723B8
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gassy
mixture
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meat
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Marilisa Tellatin
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/06—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
    • B65B25/065—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products of meat
    • B65B25/067—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products of meat combined with its conservation

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Packages (AREA)
  • Packging For Living Organisms, Food Or Medicinal Products That Are Sensitive To Environmental Conditiond (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Meat, Egg Or Seafood Products (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)

Abstract

Method to preserve and package food products, particularly pre-cut meat in slices or pieces or similar products, wherein a pack of a known volume containing the foodstuff to be packaged is filled with a gassy mixture of a suitably pre-determined composition and then sealed in such a manner as to define a condition of preservation in a modified atmosphere, the gassy mixture containing at least a gassy substance to inhibit the proliferation of bacterial flora contained in the foodstuff such as carbon dioxide (CO2) or similar, the inhibiting gassy substance being mixed with azote or other appropriate gassy substance, the packaging taking place in conditions of constant temperature and defined values of weight and size of the foodstuff in ratio to the volume of the pack, the percentage content of inhibiting gassy substance in the gassy mixture introduced into the pack being correlated at least to the color of the meat to be packaged. Device to package food products, particularly pre-cut meat in slices or pieces or similar products, comprising a line feeding open tray-type containers (12), an assembly to feed a film (13), a vacuum chamber (14) inside which there are means to deliver a gassy filling mixture, sealing means arranged at outlet of said vacuum chamber (14), the device including means (16) to regulate the percentage quantity of inhibiting gassy substance in the gassy mixture and means (17) to regulate the delivery time of the mixture according to the absolute quantity of mixture to be delivered so as to obtain an excess quantity with respect to the free volume of the tray-type container (12), the means (16, 17) being governed by at least a measurement of the color of the meat (15) to be packaged. <IMAGE>
EP99100601A 1998-01-21 1999-01-14 Method and apparatus for preserving and packaging food products Expired - Lifetime EP0931723B8 (en)

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ITGO980001 1998-01-21
IT1998GO000001A IT1305859B1 (en) 1998-01-21 1998-01-21 STORAGE AND PACKAGING PROCEDURE FOR FOODSTUFFS AND ITS DEVICE

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EP0931723A1 EP0931723A1 (en) 1999-07-28
EP0931723B1 EP0931723B1 (en) 2008-04-23
EP0931723B8 true EP0931723B8 (en) 2008-07-16

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AT (1) ATE393096T1 (en)
DE (1) DE69938569D1 (en)
IT (1) IT1305859B1 (en)

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EP2132991B1 (en) * 2007-03-23 2016-01-13 Kureha Corporation Method of tightly packaging food
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KR101678488B1 (en) * 2016-03-31 2016-11-22 대도물류 (주) Meat packaging system

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BR8407320A (en) * 1983-07-12 1986-09-23 Atmosphere Packaging Pty Ltd FOOD PACKAGING
ES2037371T3 (en) 1988-11-08 1993-06-16 Valle Spluga S.P.A. PROCEDURE AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING PRODUCTS THAT ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE, IN PARTICULAR PERISHABLE FOOD PRODUCTS.
NZ264453A (en) * 1994-09-14 1998-06-26 Meat Research Corp Package wherein the production of carbon dioxide is independent of the removal of oxygen

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EP0931723B1 (en) 2008-04-23
EP0931723A1 (en) 1999-07-28
ATE393096T1 (en) 2008-05-15
IT1305859B1 (en) 2001-05-21
ITGO980001A1 (en) 1999-07-21

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