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CRYOVAC® Darfresh® 10K Seafood Packaging Film

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Darfresh® 10K Vacuum Skin Packaging Film

Custom fit, highly permeable film for vacuum packaging seafood. No folds or wrinkles regardless of shape or size.

 

USFDA Compliant
Complies with guidelines specifying OTR greater than 10,000 cc/m2/24hrs at 24°C @STP. Crystal clear appearance and skin-tight product coverage.

Leakproof Seals
High-integrity seals reduce off-line leakers and production rework, extends shelf-life, maintains color and freshness.

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Elevate your case-ready seafood packaging solutions with CRYOVAC® Darfresh® 10K OTR Film.

 

Designed as the premier top web component for vacuum skin packaging (VSP), this film is compatible with a variety of bottom carriers, including preformed VSP trays, formable paper, semi-rigid plastic, and specialty paperboard. Together, these components provide a vacuum skin packaging solution that ensures seafood products remain fresh, flavorful, and safe.

Offered in rollstock format, CRYOVAC® brand Darfresh® 10K film meets or exceeds FDA guidelines while offering exceptional thermoforming capabilities and impressive optics. This high-performance seafood packaging skin film effectively preserves the color, flavor, and freshness while ensuring a tight seal on a diverse array of substrates.

Designed for production versatility, this film is compatible with any rollstock equipment designed to run vacuum skin as well as tabletop vacuum and tray/skin equipment. Optimize your packaging processes and enhance seafood product integrity with CRYOVAC® brand Darfresh® 10K OTR vacuum skin packaging film.

The U.S. FDA recommends using top film with an Oxygen Transmission Rate (OTR) of 10K or more for fresh seafood. This specification is crucial for safeguarding consumers from botulinum toxin, which can thrive in low-oxygen environments like vacuum packaging.

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Features and Benefits

  • Meets or exceeds USFDA guidelines for seafood vacuum packaging 10K OTR
  • Compatible with multiple packaging substrates, including semi-rigid or flexible forming webs, or pre-made trays
  • Efficiently covers seafood products of assorted sizes, portions and quantities
  • High-integrity seals help reduce off-line leakers and rework, protects against cross contamination and extends shelf life
  • Helps achieve better utilization of shelf, shipping and storage space
  • Helps protect color, flavor, and extend product life
  • Finished vacuum skin package can go straight to freezer without repackaging
  • Leak resistance, purge control, and no product movement allows vertical or horizontal merchandising

Specifications

  • Complies with FDA requirements for seafood food packaging, Letter of Guarantee available on request.
  • Specifications vary based on package type, substrate choice, and product.

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Frequently Asked Questions

10,000 Oxygen Transmission Rate (10K OTR) is the rate specified by the USFDA to meet or exceed in order to make vacuum-sealed seafood packaging safe.

Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum) is a naturally occurring bacteria present throughout our environment, that also exists inside and on fish. This isn’t a problem for fresh seafood that isn’t packaged, but when this bacterium is prevented from breathing oxygen, like when fish is vacuum sealed, it goes into anaerobic mode, at which point it creates Botulinum neurotoxin, which is the toxin responsible for botulism.

When used in vacuum packaging for seafood, 10K OTR film (10,000 Oxygen Transmission Rate), provides protection from environmental contaminants like bacteria, dirt, dust, water, and chemicals, while allowing oxygen to pass through to prevent the anaerobic conditions necessary for toxins to develop.

Due to the potentially fatal outcome of consuming C. botulinum toxin, the US Food & Drug Administration has set a compliance regulation of a minimum 10K OTR for vacuum packaged seafood.

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