Packaging process for fresh meat products, new fresh meat package obtainable thereby and twin lidding film suitable therefor

摘要

Disclosed is a method of packaging a fresh meat product (14) on a support member (6) and sealing the package under a high oxygen content atmosphere by lidding it with a twin lidding film (3) comprising an inner, food-contact, oxygen permeable film (15) and an outer oxygen impermeable film (16) so as to bind a confined volume (19) within the package where the package contains at least an amount of oxygen effective to inhibit meat discoloration, wherein the twin lidding film (3) as a composite wound up on a single supply roll (1) and, following unwinding and before entering into the lidding station (4), briefly separating the two films (15) and (16) and then superposing them again one over the other before the sealing step.