The invention discloses a food container for preserving freshness of food, comprising a container body having a cavity adapted for containing food items; a lid detachably secured on the container body to close the cavity of the container; and one or more food preserving elements capable of absorbing food spoiling gas to preserve freshness of the food items. The one or more food preserving elements are disposed inside the cavity and/or into a material of the food container to preserve the food items for an extended period of time and remove odors.

A textile barrier apparatus includes an inner layer comprising an aqueous super absorbent polymer composition (SAP) and first and second outer textile layers attached to opposite sides of the inner layer. A landfill version includes an odor neutralizer, a biocide and/or a nutrient to support vegetation. A fire barrier version has the first and second outer textile layers including water permeable membrane and a fire retardant treatment. A planting groundcover version includes a patterned thickness of SAP corresponding to a planting pattern and a nutrient to support vegetation.

A multilayer container having a layer configuration of 3 or more layers including, as layered in that order from an inner layer to an outer layer, an oxygen-permeable layer containing an oxygen-permeable resin as the main component thereof, an oxygen-absorbing adhesive layer containing, as the main components thereof, an oxygen-absorbing resin composition containing a deoxidant composition and a thermoplastic resin and an adhesive resin, and a gas-barrier layer containing a gas-barrier resin as the main component thereof, wherein the gas-barrier resin is a polyamide resin including a diamine unit containing a metaxylylenediamine unit in an amount of 70 mol % or more and a dicarboxylic acid unit containing 75 to 96 mol % of an α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and 25 to 4 mol % of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit, the content of the deoxidant composition in the oxygen-absorbing adhesive layer is 5 to 50% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the material constituting the oxygen-absorbing adhesive layer, the content of the adhesive resin is 20 to 70% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the material constituting the oxygen-absorbing adhesive layer, and the thickness of the oxygen-absorbing adhesive layer is 10 to 30% of the total thickness of the multilayer container.

A moisture-regulating element for use in packaging is claimed, which comprises a layer of pulp fibres and optionally further layers, characterized in that the element contains means which are able to regulate the moisture content.

The moisture-regulating element may be used in packaging for the transport and other storage of moisture-sensitive products or can serve as such, in order to store these products under optimal moisture conditions.

Storage containers include a body with an interior space and a lid, connected at an edge to the body. A dehumidifier is in the interior space, configured to dehumidify air within the interior space. An actuator, mounted between the body and the lid, is configured to lift the lid when an arm of the actuator extends. Actuator control circuitry is configured to extend the arm of the actuator responsive to a received signal.

Provided are a novel oxygen-absorbing resin composition not responsive to a metal detector, producing no odor after absorption of oxygen and having excellent oxygen-absorbing performance, and a multilayer body, container, injection-molded article and medical container using these. Further provided are an oxygen-absorbing resin composition etc. having excellent oxygen-absorbing performance in a wide range of humidity conditions from low humidity to high humidity. The oxygen-absorbing resin composition of the present invention is an oxygen-absorbing resin composition containing a polyamide compound and a transition metal catalyst, wherein the polyamide compound has at least one constituent unit having a tetralin ring. Moreover, the multilayer body, container, injection-molded article, medical container, etc. of the present invention are obtained by using the oxygen-absorbing resin composition of the present invention.

An oxygen absorbent composition which comprises a polyester oligomer containing a constitutional unit derived from a tetralin ring-containing carboxylic acid and a diol, wherein the polyester oligomer has a number average molecular weight of 500 to 10000, and a transition metal catalyst comprising at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and copper.

Discloses is a packaging paper for food having a grammage between 20 g/m.sup.2 and 40 g/m.sup.2, and having a filler content of less than 20 wt. % relative to the weight of the uncoated paper. On at least one side the packaging paper has a coating that contains a vegetable oil encapsulated in a polymer, and also talc and a binder. Both sides of the finished packaging paper have a Cobb 60 value of 14 g/m.sup.2 to 22 g/m.sup.2.

A packaged, sealed container system for stable storage of a formulation of an oxygen-sensitive pharmaceutical compound, the packaged, sealed container system comprising a primary container including therein a formulation of an oxygen-sensitive pharmaceutical compound, a secondary outer container comprising a first flexible sheet layer, an opposing second flexible sheet layer, and a seal disposed along a common peripheral edge of the first and second flexible sheet layers, such that the primary container is disposed between and enclosed by the first and second flexible sheet layers of the secondary outer container. An oxygen scavenger is also disposed between and enclosed by the first and second flexible sheet layers of the secondary outer container. The oxygen scavenger is in fluid communication with the contents of the primary container.

A package of a heat-bent polarizing sheet for producing an injection-molded polarizing lens, in which a laminated polarizing sheet prepared by bonding a transparent plastic sheet onto each of two sides of a polarizing film formed of a uniaxially stretched polyvinyl alcohol resin film with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween is used as an individual laminated polarizing sheet that has an original plate shape for individual lenses, the individual laminated polarizing sheet is heat-bent to form a spherical aspherical surface under heating to prepare a heat-bent polarizing sheet, the heat-bent polarizing sheet is set onto a mold, and a transparent resin for lenses is injection-molded onto a concave surface of the heat-bent polarizing sheet. The heat-bent polarizing sheet is a heat-bent polarizing sheet that is stored or transported in a dampproof package and can be used in injection molding without performing preliminary drying as a pretreatment of injection molding.