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Multi-ply heat-shrinkable film for wrapping cooked or processed meats and products packaged therewith

US5139805A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 11, 1990
Grant dateAug 18, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/1328
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A multi-ply, heat-shrinkable film has a surface layer for contact with a cooked or processed meat product which is formed of an ethylene-ethyl acrylate-maleic anhydride copolymer or a mixture of the ethylene-ethyl acrylate-maleic anhydride copolymer and a polyolefin, with the content of ethyl acrylate component in the surface layer being 2 to 20% by weight and the content of maleic anhydride component being 1 to 5% by weight. A cooked or processed meat product may be packaged with the multi-ply, heat-shrinkable film and formed according to "zero-loss cooking method".

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