Multilayer plastic film, useful for packaging a cook-in foodstuff

Abstract

A multilayer, preferably biaxially oriented, film suitable for processing and/or packaging cook-in foods such as ham, roast beef and poultry having an excellent combination of oxygen barrier, heat seal and optical properties comprising at least five essential sequential layers with a first layer of a copolymer of propene and at least one C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 .alpha.-olefin having a propene content of at least 60 wt. % and preferably having a melting point <140 .degree. C.; a second layer of (1) a first copolymer of ethylene and at least one C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 .alpha.-olefin having a density of from 0.900 to 0.915 g/cm.sup.3 and a melt index of less than 1.0 dg/min., (2) a second copolymer of ethylene with from 4 to 18%, preferably 4 to 12%, of a vinyl ester or alkyl acrylate, (3) an anhydride-modified third copolymer of ethylene with at least one .alpha.-olefin, a vinyl ester or an alkyl acrylate, and (4) optionally a fourth copolymer of ethylene and at least one C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 .alpha.-olefin having a density less than 0.900 g/cm.sup.3 and a melting point less of less than 85.degree. C.; a third EVOH layer; a fourth layer like the second layer; and a fifth layer of a first copolymer of ethylene with at least one C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 .alpha.-olefin having a density of from 0.900 to 0.915 g/cm.sup.3 and a melt index of less than 1.0 dg/min., and a second copolymer of ethylene with from 4 to 18%, preferably 4 to 12%, of a vinyl ester or alkyl acrylate, and optionally a third copolymer of ethylene and at least one C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 .alpha.-olefin having a density less than 0.900 g/cm.sup.3 and a melting point less of less than 85.degree. C.