Patents Examined by Steven N. Weinstein
  • Package and method for packaging and storing cut leafy vegetables
    Patent number: 4001443
    Abstract: A method of improving the shelf life of cut leafy vegetables wherein the cut vegetables are treated with an aqueous chlorine bath, dried to remove adhered water from said bath and enclosed in a sealed, evacuated package of a flexible sheet material having specified gas and moisture permeabilities; and the resultant produce, are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: Pennwalt Corporation
    Inventor: Bhalchandra Anantray Dave