Bag structure and pad

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A bag for packaging food products that exude juices, such as meat and poultry, incorporates therein an absorbent pad which is sandwiched between an impervious surface layer and a pervious layer and retained against a lower section of the rear side wall of the bag by a retention strip made of bondable material. The retention strip may be a strip of heat-fusible material or an adhesive tape. The retention strip extends transversely across the rear side wall and an uppermost edge of the pad, and if heat-sealed two fused lines are formed. The first fused line extends longitudinally along a leading edge of the retention strip and forwardly of the uppermost edge of the pad. A second fused line …