MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING

In FISHERIES: Means replacing the air in a pack of fish with a different mixture of gases, typically some combination of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen. The proportion of each component gas is fixed when the mixture is introduced, but no further control is exercised during storage, and the composition of the mixture may slowly change. Modified atmosphere packing is often incorrectly called controlled atmosphere packing, CAP.

EMBALLAGE SOUS ATMOSPHÈRE MODIFIÉE