PACKAGE FOR PRESERVING RESPIRING PRODUCE AND METHOD

Fecha de publicación: 26/12/2024
Fuente: WIPO "tomato"
A package for preserving respiring produce contained in the package, in particular vegetables, fruit, herbs, spices and/or flowers, and an associated method are provided. The package defines a package volume for containing a portion of the produce and a package atmosphere, and comprises a packaging material, in particular a BOPE or MDOPE-containing polymer film, with a haze of at most 10, preferable at most 5, more preferably at most 3, and most preferably at most 2, provided with one or more perforations enabling gas exchange with the atmosphere surrounding the package to form the package into a Controlled Atmosphere Package (CAP). The package has a package carbon dioxide transmission rate (CO2TRpack) and the CO2TRpack is at least 1000 ml per 100 gram produce to be packed over 24 hours.