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A PACKAGE OF A MEAT PRODUCT WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY BEING IN THE FORM OF A PLIABLE MASS, SAID PACKAGE COMPRISING A BACKING MEMBER FORMED FROM A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SHEET OF RELATIVELY STIFF METAL FOIL WHICH IS SHAPED TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF CONNECTED PAIRS OF SIDE WALL FORMING MEMBERS WHICH EXTEND IN GENERALLY PARALLEL SPACED RELATION ACROSS ONE DIMENSION OF THE SHEET, THE RESPECTIVE WALL FORMING MEMBERS OF EACH PAIR OF SAID SIDE WALL MEMBERS BEING CONNECTED ALONG ONE END BY A CURVED BOTTOM FORMING WALL AND BEING CONNECTED ALONG THE OPPOSITE TOP EDGES BY RELATIVELY NARROW STRIP PORTIONS TO ADJOINING WALL FORMING MEMBERS WHEREBY TO FORM A CONNECTED SERIES OF SPACED INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE MOLDS HAVING A GENERALLY USHAPED CROSS SECTION WITH AN UPWARDLY OPENING SIDE, A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF THE MEAT PRODUCT IN THE PLIABLE STATE SUBSTANTIALLY FILLING EACH OF SAID INDIVIDUAL MOLDS AND A THIN TRANSPARENT WRAPPER ASSOCIATED WITH SAID BACKING MEMBER AND COVERING EXPOSED AREAS OF SAID PRODUCT.