摘要 |
A cost-effective packaging device and preservation process for allowing for the distribution, storage and cooking of a perishable food product(s), and initiating and controlling the ripening rates of the perishable food products) having different maturity stages followed by uniform ripening, good internal and external fruit quality and normal development of flavor and aroma characteristics. The packaging device includes a plurality of micro-perforations that control the atmosphere within the packaging device as the perishable food products) progress through their ripening stages so as not to appreciable delay ripening to an intermediate ripening stage, but to delay ripening beyond such intermediate stage in order to promote the extended shelf-life of the perishable food product and the maintenance of the quality of the perishable food product. The micro-perforations allow the cooking of the perishable food product within the packaging device without substantially altering the cooking properties of the packaging device. |