Tamper indicating vacuum package

A hermetically sealed package comprising

• a container having a neck with an opening and a closure,
• said neck having a top surface and a side surface,
• said container including a first annular bead at the upper end adjacent the opening and a second annular bead spaced axially below the first bead and having a greater diameter than the first bead on the container,
• said closure being made of plastic and comprising a base wall and a peripheral skirt,
• said base wall including an annular bead on the internal surface thereof,
• said peripheral skirt including an interrupted first annular bead on the internal surface thereof spaced axially from said base wall and engaging said first annular bead on the container,
• said first annular bead on said base wall and said bead on said peripheral skirt defining an annular channel having a portion along the inner surface of said base wall and a portion along the inner surface of said peripheral skirt,
• a sealing gasket being cast in situ in the portions of the channel defined by the first annular bead on said base wall and the first bead said peripheral skirt and extending axially along the inner surface of said peripheral skirt to the interrupted first annular bead on said skirt such that when the annular bead on the closure engages the first annular bead on the container, it causes the sealing gasket to deform such that the top surface and side surface of the neck of the container are sealed against the gasket,
• a tamper indicating band connected along a weakened line to the peripheral skirt and including a second interrupted annular bead on said band spaced from said weakened line engaging and having a greater diameter than the first interrupted bead on said skirt and engaging said second bead on the container.