Abstract: A shirred tubular cellulosic food casing suitable for imparting smoke color and flavor to food products processed therein is manufactured by treating the external surface of the casing with liquid smoke before shirring.

Abstract: A shirred tubular cellulosic food casing suitable for imparting smoke color and flavor to food products processed therein is manufactured by treating the external surface of the casing with liquid smoke before shirring and stuffing. After shirring and stuffing, the stuffed casing is processed to form food products with smoke color and smoke flavor transferred from the external surface of the casing to the encased food products.

Abstract: A container comprises a flexible closure device and a pouch portion, and the closure device comprises a first flexible closure strip including a pair of first hooks, and a second flexible closure strip including a pair of second hooks and a ridge positioned to facilitate and maintain the occlusion of the closure strips.

Abstract: A process for improving the high temperature flexural strength of titanium diboride-boron nitride (TiB.sub.2 -BN) intermetallic compositions which comprises reheating hot pressed TiB.sub.2 -BN stock to about 2000.degree. C. for about four hours in an inert atmosphere.

Abstract: A multilayer plastic film suitable for use in the manufacture of garbage and trash bags wherein the film comprises at least one layer of a high pressure low density polyethylene, and a layer comprising low pressure low density gas phase heterogeneous copolymers formed from ethylene, and at least one of propylene and butene-1 and at least one C.sub.5 -C.sub.8 comonomer.

Abstract: A multilayer plastic film suitable for use in the manufacture of garbage and trash bags wherein the film comprises a first outer layer of low pressure, low density polyethylene, a core layer of high pressure, low density polyethylene, and a second outer layer of high pressure, low density polyethylene.

Abstract: A process and composition for inhibiting discoloration and the formation of black spots upon a cellulose food casing treated with a liquid smoke solution derived from natural wood and containing smoke color, odor and flavor constituents, comprising contacting the food casing with an agent having the ability to prevent the progressive oxidation of metals.

Abstract: A tar-depleted aqueous liquid smoke composition with smoke coloring and smoke flavoring capability and a tubular food casing with the composition applied on a surface thereof.

Abstract: A multilayer film suitable for use in the manufacture of garbage and trash bags wherein the first outer layer comprises a blend of a low pressure, low density polyethylene having a melt index of about 1 decigram per minute and a low pressure, low density polyethylene having a melt index of about 2 decigrams per minute. The second outer layer is made with a high pressure, low density polyethylene.

Abstract: A tar-containing aqueous liquid wood smoke is at least partially neutralized under controlled temperature to form a tar-enriched fraction and a tar-depleted liquid smoke fraction, and the latter is used for food casing treatment to facilitate smoke coloring and flavoring of encased foodstuff during processing.

Abstract: A tar-containing aqueous liquid wood smoke is at least partially neutralized under controlled temperature to form a tar-enriched fraction and a tar-depleted liquid smoke fraction, and the latter is used for food casing treatment to facilitate smoke coloring and flavoring of encased foodstuff during processing.

Abstract: A process and composition for inhibiting the formation of discoloration and black spots upon a cellulose food casing treated with a liquid smoke solution derived from natural wood and containing smoke color, odor and flavor constituents, comprising contacting the food casing with an agent having the ability to prevent the progressive oxidation of metals.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in connection with folding bags made from a flimsy material such as plastic, includes a feeding system for discharging bags along a feed direction with each bag having a plurality of corrugated regions in the transverse direction with respect to the feed direction; a receiving system for receiving the bags from the feeding system and for maintaining in each bag at least some of the corrugated regions until each of the bags stops its movement along the feed direction, and a fence near the receiving system for stopping the movement of each of the bags along the feed direction.

Abstract: A multilayer plastic film suitable for use in the manufacture of garbage and trash bags wherein the film comprises at least one layer of a high pressure low density polyethylene, and a layer comprising low pressure low density gas phase heterogeneous copolymers formed from ethylene, and at least one of propylene and butene-1 and at least one C.sub.5 -C.sub.8 comonomer.

Abstract: A multilayer plastic film suitable for use in the manufacture of garbage and trash bags wherein the film comprises one or more layers representing at least one first outer layer comprising poly-1-butene and at least one second outer layer comprising low pressure, low density polyethylene.

Abstract: A multilayer film suitable for packaging a primal red meat cut comprising at least a first layer of a mixture of low molecular weight thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin and a polymeric resin selected from the group consisting of polyolefins and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, and a second layer comprising acrylonitrile. The hydrocarbon resin serves as an adhesion promoter between the first layer and the second layer, and is selected from the group consisting of alpha-methyl-styrene copolymerized with styrene which may be 30 to 60 percent hydrogenated, and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers containing 8 to 30 percent by weight of vinyl acetate. A process for producing the multilayer films by coextrusion is also disclosed.

Abstract: A heat-shrinkable film suitable for use in fabricating bags for packaging frozen poultry. The film composition comprises a resin mixture of between about 80 and about 95 weight percent of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of from at least about 1.7 to about 4.5 weight percent, and having a melt index of from at least about 0.15 to about 0.35 decigram per minute; and between about 5 and about 20 weight percent of a polyethylene material selected from the group consisting of: (a) high density polyethylene having a melt index of between about 0.15 and about 0.70 decigram per minute, and a density of between about 0.94 and about 0.96 grams per cubic centimeter, and (b) low pressure low density polyethylene having a melt index of between about 0.3 and about 3.0 decigrams per minute, and a density of between about 0.915 and about 0.925 gram per cubic centimeter.

Abstract: A multilayer plastic film suitable for use in the manufacture of garbage and trash bags wherein the film comprises one or more layers representing at least one first outer layer and may include a core layer made with low pressure, low density polyethylene and one or more layers representing at least one second outer layer made with high pressure, low density polyethylene which may contain up to forty-two percent by weight of low pressure, low density polyethylene.

Abstract: A tar-containing aqueous liquid wood smoke is extracted with selected organic liquid solvents to form a tar-enriched liquid fraction and a tar-depleted aqueous liquid smoke fraction, the latter being used for food casing treatment to facilitate smoke coloring and flavoring of encased foodstuff during processing.

Abstract: A tar-containing aqueous liquid wood smoke is at least partially neutralized under controlled temperature to form a tar-enriched fraction and a tar-depleted liquid smoke fraction, and the latter is used for food casing treatment to facilitate smoke coloring and flavoring of encased foodstuff during processing.