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 Oxygen Transmission Rate (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.
Overview
Elevate your case-ready seafood packaging solutions with CRYOVAC® brand 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 mono PET semi-rigid rollstock, and preformed VSP trays. 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 complies with 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 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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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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