Container having a tamper-evident seal

In a container suitable for receiving and shipping various products and which includes a hollow body member having a side wall and a bottom wall connected together, and a removable cover means having a top wall and a side wall positioned on an open upper end of said body member so that said side wall of said cover means is superimposed on said side wall of said body member;

• the improvement of:
• tamper-evident seal means connected between said body member and said cover means for sealing said body member and said cover means together and for evidencing any premature removal of said cover means and comprising two sets of superimposed apertures extending through said side walls of said body member and said cover means, a closed sealing wire extending through said sets of superimposed apertures and around respective inside and outside portions of said side walls of said body member and said cover member between said sets of apertures and being sealed to form a closed loop, and a patch means secured to an inside surface of said body member and covering said apertures in said body member to prevent contaminants from entering said container through said apertures and to strengthen the area of said body member having said apertures therethrough.