MIL-PRF-44073 Packaging Of Food In Flexible PouchesThis specification covers the performance criteria for packaging materials and the packaging of food in flexible pouches to include the filling and hermetic sealing of the pouches and, when applicable, the packaging of the pouches into cartons.

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MIL-PRF-44073G

4. VERIFICATION

4.1 Conformance inspection. Conformance inspection shall include the examinations and

tests in this section, as defined in the contract, performed on specified samples (see 6.2).

4.2 Performance characteristics testing. The pouch material, pouch and carton shall be

tested for the performance characteristics listed in table I.

TABLE I. Verification methods.

Characteristic 1/

Requirement

Verification

Oxygen transmission rate

3.1.1.1

4.5.1

Water vapor transmission rate

3.1.1.2

4.5.2

Thermal processing

3.1.1.3

4.5.3

Pouch configurations and dimensions

3.1.2

Figures

Directional tear

3.1.2.1

4.5.4

Residual gas volume

3.1.4.2

4.5.5

Internal pressure

3.1.4.3

4.5.6

Camouflage (Type I), as applicable

3.1.4.4

4.5.7

Low temperature (Type I)

3.2.1

4.5.8.1

High temperature (Type I)

3.2.2

4.5.8.2

Standard temperature (Type II)

3.2.3

4.5.8.3

Frozen temperature (Type II)

3.2.4

4.5.8.4

1/ Compliance to the requirements for O2TR, WVTR, pouch configurations and dimensions,

thermal processing, environmental conditions and camouflage may be verified by Certificate of

Conformance (CoC).

4.3 Examination of pouch. After thermal processing, the pouches shall be visually

examined for compliance. Defects and defect classifications are listed in table II.

TABLE II. Filled, sealed and thermally processed pouch defects.