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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Viskase Companies, Inc., Lombard, IL (US);
Inventor:
Ann Dinh Sybeldon, Woodridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
VISKASE COMPANIES, INC., Lombard, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 13/0013 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a flat, multilayered, low moisture, barrier, laminated thermoplastic film with an absorptive food contact layer coated with a flavoring and/or coloring agent, which can be formed on automatic stuffing machinery into a sealed tube in a continuous manner for use as a food casing. This film has an absorptive food contact layer, an oxygen barrier layer, and a polyethylene outer layer. The coloring and/or flavoring agent on the absorptive layer is released onto the surface of encased foodstuff during cooking and processing.