Shrink Bags

Our shrink bags are 55 micron high barrier. At present we are carrying bags primarily for pastured poultry producers and therefore have limited sizes on hand. If you have a specific size you need please call us and we will check availability from our suppliers.

*10x16 have been replaced with 10x20 due to the unavailability of 10x16. The 10x20 are the same price as the 10x16, we expect 10x16 to be available mid to end July. We apologize for any inconvenience, we have had much larger demand then expected.

Pictures are for reference only, you do not need to use a basket to dip the birds.

To use shrink bags do the following:

Make a drain rack out of PVC pipe (see below) that will hold 8-10 birds. Drain birds from chill tank.

With the birds sitting on the rack with their “head” up, slide a bag down over the chicken. Take one bird off the rack, turn it upside down and push it all the way in to the bag. Squeeze the legs together and gather the bag tightly around the legs. Then spin it to form a “pigtail” out of the excess bag material. Staple the bag. The stapler should go AROUND the pigtail and not through it. Then either pierce the bag at the breast area, (over the breast bone) or pierce the bag at the base of the clipped end of the bag by the legs to let the air out. Place (dip) into 170-200° F hot water. Swirl the bag around in the water or use a pair of tongs to hold the bird down (it may want to float). (It is not necessary to use the basket shown in the picture above.) There should be a rush of air and bubbles so be careful not to get burned. The shrinking is done in an instant, pull the bagged bird out of the water. When all done weigh the bird and put a sticky label right over where the bag was pierced at the breast. If you’re going to put a label on the package do it now after wiping off excess water then place it in an iced cooler. No need to close the hole if you pierced it at the feet end.

If you have a bubble of air inside the bag the bag was not pierced sufficiently to let all the air out of the bag.

Do NOT place the bird back into ice water. Water will leak back into bag, labels will not stay on in water.

Our Shrink Bags are 55 micron hi barrier. At present we are carrying bags primarily for pastured poultry producers and therefore have limited sizes on hand. If you have a specific size you need please call us and we will check availability from our suppliers.

These pictures are of actual processed chickens that were frozen for 1-1/2 years. as you can see there is very little freezer burn and there was no noticeable taste difference between these and fresher birds.
Try that with a regular plastic bag!

Metal Closures For Shrink Bags
Please call to order clips as we working on getting an on-line link done.

The B7 ring tool uses stainless rings. The tool is designed for easy maintenance. Benefits of using this tool can be seen immediately in ease of use and less hand fatigue. It is a smaller handle then the AC Plier and therefore is easier to use by people with small hands.

The B7 features a rear loading magazine with a capacity of 50 ring fasteners per strip. ~~$60.75~~ PRICE REDUCTION NOW $52.50

Metal Closures For Shrink Bags

Order these clips for B7 Ring Pliers
Clip Type		100-500	501-1000	1001-5000	5001-up
Galvanized	11/16"	.0175¢ ea	.015¢ ea	.0125¢ ea	.010 ¢ ea

Stainless	11/16"	Order in lots of 100
Stainless	11/16"	100-499	.035 ¢ ea		Order in lots of 100. For example if you want 600 clips order in the 500-1000 link and put in 6 for the amount. Canadian customers please call for shipping price
Stainless	11/16"	500- 999	.03¢ ea
Stainless	11/16"	1000-4999	.025¢ ea
Stainless	11/16"	5000-up	.021 ¢ ea

HR-PS2 Manual Bag Sealer

The most effective closure method for air-tight and water-tight sealing of poly bags for meat, fish, ice, produce, foods and other sundry goods.

Manufactured entirely from stainless steel, aluminum and plastic.
Hermetically seal poly bags in seconds.
Easily loads 150 staples.
Rounded ends of staples prevent damage to bags or netting.

$575.00 FOB

Staples for HR-PS2 - 7/16" 2000 per box $25.00 9/16" 2000 per box $30.00

CFSC743 pneumatic bag sealer is ideal for large volume operations. Simply place jaw around twisted bag and pull trigger. Jaws automatically compensate for bag size and won't over crimp the ring.

The CFSC743 has a 110 ring clip that automatically feeds next ring forward.

$825.00

Call to order the CFSC743

SAB-1 Pneumatic Bag Sealer

This sealer is designed for closing all types of poly, net, burlap and cloth bags, produce bags, poultry and ice bags.

Model SAB-1 features a touch trip activation for fast production operations at rates to 20 cycles per minute. Designed with an all steel staple mechanism and durable cast aluminum housing, SAB-1 is air operated and includes a heavy duty bench mounting stand.

The SAB-1 magazine re-loads in seconds with 300 Staplex Type "O" Ring Staples, which give a tight, tamper-resistant closure.

Call for price

For custom made labels for your farm contact Growers Discount Labels and tell them Cornerstone Farm Ventures sent you.

Growers Discount Labels LLC
P.O. Box 70
632 Tunnel Road
Tunnel, NY 13848
800-693-1572
Local: 607-693-1572
Fax 607-693-4415

Copyright © 2009 Cornerstone Farm Ventures Last modified: 06/30/09

Copyright © 2009 Cornerstone Farm Ventures
Last modified: 06/30/09