Cell culture media flexible container

A cell culture media container comprising:

• a body, constructed from a web of film folded onto itself and sealed on at least three sides to define a containment area to be filled with a cell culture media, the web of film comprising an inner layer constructed from a polyethylene material, a core layer constructed from a barrier layer, and an outer layer constructed from a material chosen from the group consisting of polyethylene and polyester-based material, the body including, prior to being filled with the cell culture media, two faces that lie in substantially parallel planes;
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• at least one port providing means for filling the containment area with cell culture media, the port being secured to a face of the body and extending outwardly therefrom normal to at least one plane defined by the faces of the body.

A container for housing product, the container constructed from a web of flexible film and comprising:

• a top edge, a bottom edge, and side edges, each of the side edges having a greater length than a length of either of the top edge or bottom edge and the side edges including portions thereof that do not extend perpendicular to the top edge, one portion of one of the side edges extending outwardly from a remaining portion of the edge at an angle .theta. that is greater than 0.degree., the container including a fill port.