Cryovac Grip & Tear Non-Barrier Bag Incorporates Easy-Open Feature with High-Performance Poultry Bags

The Cryovac Grip & Tear non-barrier bag’s knifeless design helps keep fingers, counters and utensils safe and sanitary by reducing contact with raw poultry and sharp objects.

22 Apr 2010 --- Sealed Air’s Cryovac brand introduces the first easy-open vacuum package for poultry by combining its Grip & Tear technology with the superior shrink and leak-resistant properties of Cryovac whole fresh poultry bags.

The Cryovac Grip & Tear non-barrier bag’s knifeless design helps keep fingers, counters and utensils safe and sanitary by reducing contact with raw poultry and sharp objects. Consumers can simply pull on the easyopen rings to open the bag, exposing the entire bird and making removal easy.

“We’ve learned from focus groups that consumers prefer the Cryovac Grip & Tear bag design when handling fresh meat,” said Don Smith, marketing director for Sealed Air’s Cryovac Food Packaging. “Our goal was to create poultry bags that are extremely easy to open, yet tough enough to perform through the rigors of distribution.” The durability and resistance to abrasion and puncture of the Cryovac Grip & Tear nonbarrier bag means reduced leakers at the retail level, while the bag’s skin-tight shrink and reliable easy-open feature increase product merchandising appeal.

For processors, the Cryovac Grip & Tear bag does not require any new equipment investment and can be used with existing Cryovac rotary chamber vacuum systems. Broiler bags are available in widths of 8½ and 9¼ inches and with two-sided, six-color print graphics. Available in widths of 7 to 18 inches, transparent roaster bags are available with up to 10 color process print.