A breathable bag (1) especially suitable for packaging horticultural products (2) comprising a mesh casing (3), which is capable of housing the products to be packaged and at least one first band (5) of flexible material applied on the outside of and joined to the casing by affixed areas (6, 7) affixed to said casing, the first band covering a region (8) of the casing that has a hole (9), the practical access to the hole (9) being prevented by the affixed joining areas (6, 7) between the first band (5) and the casing (3), and the first band (5) being equipped with at least one tear line (10) that determines in the first band (5) a removable portion (5c) from the casing (3) that is sufficient to leave uncovered or to open a practical access to said opening (9).

A packaging device allowing for the distribution, storage and cooking of various food products, such as perishable or frozen food product(s). The packaging device includes a plurality of micro-perforations that may promote the extended shelf-life of the perishable food product and the maintenance of the quality of the perishable food product or be configured to maintain the integrity of a frozen food product. The packaging device also includes a venting system that allows the cooking of the perishable or frozen food products within the packaging device.

The present invention relates to a layered packaging film for fresh produce. The film provides a water vapour transmission rate of at least 30 g m.sup.2 per day, and includes a polymer layer with a sealing temperature of 205 C. or less. The present invention also provides a comprising fresh produce enclosed by a packaging film, wherein the packaging film is sealed by an elongate seal extending along the underside of the package, and wherein the elongate seal has a sealing strength such that when the packaging film is lifted from the upper side of the fresh produce package the seal breaks permitting the packaging film to be removed from the fresh produce in a single lifting action.

A fresh produce storage device has a pocket with an opening for receiving fresh produce. The pocket is formed, at least in part, from a composite sheet of material having at least one inner layer formed from a water permeable material, a central later formed from a water absorbent wadding, and an outer layer formed from a water permeable material.

A shoe or cleat cleaning and transport unit structured as a box providing a storage cavity, in which a cleaning tray is removably positioned and resting on support structure whereby the tray is elevated above the box floor to provide a debris collection receptacle space between the floor and the tray, wherein the tray is formed with multiple upstanding brush or other mud scraping structure bordered by debris exit ports extending through the tray and opening into the debris collection space between the tray and the box floor.

Methods are provided for storing and preserving comestible mollusk material, preferably so as to extend shelf life of the same. In one optional method, comestible mollusk material is placed in a product containing space of a storage container atop a platform of a support structure. The storage container includes an internal compartment having the product containing space. The support structure defines the platform for supporting the comestible mollusk material. The internal compartment further includes a reservoir, configured to retain liquid, below the platform. The platform and/or support structure are configured to direct liquid exuded from the comestible mollusk material to the reservoir. Optionally, the reservoir comprises an absorbent material for absorbing liquid in the reservoir.

The present application provides a method and device for cooking a pre-packaged pod of uncooked food ingredients using a pre-programmed recipe associated with the pod, and determined by scanning a barcode or other indicia on the pod. Cooking variables, such as the temperature and water content in the pod for cooking the ingredients, are measured by the device, and heat and water amounts can be adjusted as required for the recipe based on a thermal function associated with the recipe. The device comprises one or more sensors for determining the temperature and humidity inside the pod, and the temperature and/or humidity are adjustable depending on the thermal function associated with the particular pod, by controlling the amount of heat and/or water added to the pod. Pods that may be used with the cooking device have an elevated base layer providing a reservoir of water, provided by a water dispensing means, for adding steam to the contents of the pod through one or more openings in the floor of the pod, which also allow the draining of fluids, such as undesired fluids, from the food being cooked.

A container for use in a gravity-fed dispenser, particularly for construction adhesives, includes a top surface with an outlet port, a bottom surface with a venting port and side walls, said side walls including two opposed indentations that provide handle grasps for a user, allowing the user to hold the container in an upside down position while it is attached to a dispenser. The vent on the bottom surface allows the contents to flow evenly through gravity out of the outlet port.

A container for the shipment and display of a product includes a corrugated plastic sleeve that is selectively enclosed by a pair of opposing plastic trays. The sleeve includes four adjacent panels that together define open top and bottom ends. Alignment tabs are formed on the top and bottom ends of the sleeve and fittingly protrude into complementary slots in each tray to help retain container in an assembled condition. Each tray includes a rectangular plate and an outer continuous wall which protrudes from the peripheral edge of the plate at an obtuse angle, which enables multiple trays to be arranged as a nested stack. A plurality of thru-holes is provided in the sleeve for ventilation and is arranged so that select thru-holes in adjacent panels axially align when the sleeve is collapsed into a flattened condition, thereby facilitating the stacking of used sleeves onto posts for subsequent cleaning.

The present disclosure describes a container that includes a body having a lower surface, an upper rim, and a plurality of side walls that extend between the lower surface and the upper rim, wherein the upper rim defines an opening to an interior space of the body, a flexible cover that covers the opening of the body and is bonded to the body along the upper rim, and gas-permeable material through which gas can enter and exit the interior space of the body. The upper rim of the body is spaced apart from any of the gas-permeable material, such that the cover can be peeled away from the upper rim to expose the opening while leaving the gas-permeable material intact.