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Title:
PRESERVATION OF INTERMEDIATE MOISTURE FOODS BY CONTROLLING HUMIDITY AND INHIBITION OF MOLD GROWTH
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003065821
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A humidity control device for use in maintaining a desired humidity in packages of food, the device including a protective case, a water vapor permeable pouch and a thickened saturated solution, the solution having a suitable humidity control point for use within a food container. The device further employs a combination of an oxygen scavenger system to stop mold growth with anaerobic conditions and/or a mold inhibitor in the filling of the pouch or preferentially printed on the outside of the pouch.

Inventors:
ESSE ROBERT L (US)
SAARI ALBERT L (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/003501
Publication Date:
June 10, 2004
Filing Date:
February 04, 2003
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HUMIDIPAK INC (US)
ESSE ROBERT L (US)
SAARI ALBERT L (US)
International Classes:
A23L3/3418; A23L3/3436; B65D81/20; (IPC1-7): A24F25/00; A61L9/04
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