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Even As the meat industry moves toward central though food manufacturers cannot eliminate processing that employs MAP and Vacuum- packaging, they can redesign packages to Skin Packaging (VSP), processors may need reduce the amount of material used or to to overcome consumer preference for fresh incorporate newly developed materials such 258 Chapter 13 as biodegradable plastic in their products’ “NatureTray” product aimed at fresh meat. packaging. This is particularly important in Both these companies use a foam form that the European Union, where many countries is derived from 100% annually renewable are considering tougher legislation to encour- resources. In the future, we can hope to see age the use of less packaging material (Dodds even more applications for renewable pack- 2007). Biopolymer films may serve as poten- aging materials in the packaging of meat