FRESH FOOD CONTAINER

摘要

A bag and tray combination for chilled foodstuffs such as fish. The chilled fresh fish tray (12) consists of a series of parallel compartments (24) shaped to support the fish in the swim position so that the head of one fish is adjacent the tail of fish in the adjacent compartments. Projections (27) are provided in the head portions (25) of each compartment to project into the gill openings of the fish to restrain movement during transportation. Drainage holes (28) are provided to prevent accumulation of fluids about the fish. Coolant is placed on the top of the tray and the araangement provides better coolant contact with the fish. The tray is used with a product bag (3) composed of a laminate of a heat sealable polymer (8) with a metallised (10) polymer (9) film. The heat sealable film forms the internal surface of the package. The film is formed into a rectangular container with a base and sidewalls the corners being heat sealed together to form a self supporting open topped container. The edges of the open top can be brought together and heat sealed to close the container.