Packaged article

A packaged article, comprising:

• first and second members that define a sealed interior cavity in which the article is housed, and
• a continuous seal that joins a portion of the first member and the second member, the seal having spaced apart first and second ends,
• in which:
• the first and second members can be separated by peeling one of the members from the other member in a direction along the length of the seal from the first end towards the second end,
• the force required to separate the members at each of first, third and fifth regions of the seal which are spaced apart along the length of the seal between the first and second ends of the seal is different from the force required to separate the members at each of second and fourth regions which are located between the first and third regions and third and fifth regions respectively, and in which the ratios of each of the distances between the centres of the portions of the seal in the first and third regions at which the separation force is at a maximum and between the centres of the portions of the seal in the third and fifth regions at which the separation force is at a maximum, to the distance between the first and second ends of the seal, is at least about 0.1.