Abstract: The device serves to sterilize the filler neck and stopper associated with non-rigid bags of the type utilized for packaging tomato juice and similar foodstuffs. The neck is inserted into a heated and temperature-regulated cylindrical housing provided internally with an array of nozzles from which sterilizer (H.sub.2 O.sub.2) is sprayed into the encompassed enclosure; sterilization is achieved as the atomized fluid condenses uniformly on contact with the colder surfaces of the mouth and stopper.

Abstract: Containers used for packaging aseptically batched liquid food products, typically fruit juices, puree and pulp, are stoppered by a plug (1) inserted into the relative mouth or filler neck (6); the plug is shaped and molded such that an annular flash left by the molding process, is positioned away from the area of contact between the plug and the mouth of the container.

Abstract: The invention relates to improved apparatus for filling containers with liquid and/or paste substances under sterile conditions, and comprises a filler-valve (1) giving out directly into an enclosed sterile chamber (4) whose bottom-opening (5) affords access to the neck (6) of single containers (7) to be filled. Provision is made for a device (60) which lays hold on the container neck (6) when inserted into the opening (5) thus keeping the same in vertical alignment below the valve (1), and for at least one plate whose function is that of closing-off the opening (5) automatically whenever no container is offered thereto for the purpose of being filled.