NAC446.018. “Packaging with a modified atmosphere” defined.  


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  • “Packaging with a modified atmosphere” means packaging material in which the oxygen has been:

         1. Reduced by mechanical evacuation;

         2. Displaced with another gas or combination of gases; or

         3. Otherwise reduced to less than 21 percent.

    Ê The term includes, without limitation, methods of packaging that may be referred to as “sous vide,” altering the atmosphere, controlling the atmosphere, reducing the oxygen, lowering the oxygen or vacuum packaging.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 5-23-96)