Bag of a heat-shrinkable gas-barrier thermoplastic film

A package comprising a bag of a heat shrinkable, gas-barrier thermoplastic film and at least one item packaged in the bag, the bag comprising:

• a) a bottom edge;
• b) first and second side edges;
• c) a closed top edge;
• d) a first seal disposed adjacent the bottom edge and connecting the first and second side edges, said first seal defining a volume within the bag between it, the first and second side edges and the closed top edge in which the at least one item is received;
• e) a second seal disposed substantially along the bottom edge or between the bottom edge and the first seal and connecting the first and second side edges, the second seal having a shaped portion adjacent a corner of the bag defined by one of the first and second side edges and the bottom edge which projects towards the closed top edge, said shaped portion having an apex closest to the closed top edge;
• f) a precut formed in the thermoplastic film and extending from the bottom edge towards the apex of said shaped portion of the second seal;
• wherein the first seal extends from the other of the first and second side edges across the bag towards said shaped portion of the second seal at a spacing from the bottom edge less than the spacing of said apex from the bottom edge and around said shaped portion of the second seal to said one of the first and second side edges, and
• wherein a manually graspable tab is formed in an area of the thermoplastic film delimited by the one of the first and second side edges, the first and second seals adjacent said one of the first and second side edges and said shaped portion of the second seal.