Modified atmosphere packaging for seafood

Abstract

A method of packaging live seafood comprises the steps providing a sealable container placing the live seafood in the container and replacing the atmospheric gas in the container with a gas mixture comprising CO2 and O2 content of at least 50% and a CO2 content of at least 20%.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] This application claims priority to Canadian Patent Application No. 2,489,738 filed Dec. 10, 2004. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to the field of live seafood packaging. In particular, the present invention provides an improved live seafood packaging method and package that improves mortality rate of packaged live seafood, as compared with know live seafood packaging.

[0003] In the marketing of seafood, in particular shellfish, crustaceans and mollusks, it is very desirable to deliver a live product, to permit a restaurant or seafood market to offer the best possible seafood to the consuming public. Bringing live seafood to inland markets can be problematic and expensive. The most obvious and expensive, way to do so is to expedite transport of the live animals by air, preferably in an aqueous environment simulating their natural environment. This is effective, but expensive, because of the weight involve...

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