meat pad

From meat +‎ pad.

meat pad (plural meat pads)

1. In plastic packaging, an absorbent pad placed underneath raw meat in order to absorb excess moisture and fluids (like blood) so as to prevent the buildup of harmful bacteria on the meat itself.
   • 1998 March 30, “Supermarket Inspections”, in Mike Hoyem, compiler, The News-Press, page 4A:

     37 violations, including blood dripping into box of meat pads, meat pad container with "old meat and blood residues on all surfaces," sour meat in meat case, "bug zapper" too close to equipment/processing tables, foreign produce not marked.

   • 2003 January 28, “P&G license product”, in The Cincinnati Post, page 6C:

     Precisions' meat pads are used in tray-packed meat, poultry and fish packaging to absorb fluids.

   • 2011, B. P. F. Day, L. Potter, “Active Packaging”, in Richard Coles, Mark J. Kirwan, editor, Food and Beverage Packaging Technology, 2 edition, Wiley, →ISBN, 9.6 Moisture Absorbers:

     There have been some developments with moisture absorbers. Dri Fresh Resolve (Sirane Ltd.) is an absorbent meat pad with a breathable surface. During storage, cut red meat can become brown on the base where it is in contact with the moisture absorber because of the lack of oxygen.

   • 2023, Nimisha Rana Chaudhary, Reema Varshney, Innovation and Recent Advancement In Fashion and Textile, HOW Academics, →ISBN, page 14:

     Packtech deals with the technical textiles products used for packaging applications. Packtech products include the following: polyolefin woven sacks, flexible intermediate bulk container, leno bags, jute hessian sacks, tea bags (filter paper), soft luggage, absorbent meat pad, etc.