US Patent Issued to Cargill on June 2 for "Packaged presliced ready-to-eat meat products and methods thereof" (Kansas, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,279, issued on June 2, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).

"Packaged presliced ready-to-eat meat products and methods thereof" was invented by Garret Dietz (Mount Hope, Kan.), John Middleton (Udall, Kan.) and Jonathan Patrick Paul (Wayzata, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sliced ready-to-eat meat are provided by slicing ready-to-eat meat, disposing the meat into a flexible pouch with a modified atmosphere, and sealing the flexible pouch containing the meat. The flexible pouch is formed from material having: i) a thickness of from about 0.2 mils to about 2 mils; ii) an MVTR of about 1.2 g/100 in2/24 Hrs @ 100deg F., 90%...