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A package comprising a container, a closure assembly which includes a tearing portion. The container includes a sidewall, a closed end and an end with an opening. The closure assembly includes a central panel covering the container opening and a circumferential edge secured to the container. The tea

A package comprising a container, a closure assembly which includes a tearing portion. The container includes a sidewall, a closed end and an end with an opening. The closure assembly includes a central panel covering the container opening and a circumferential edge secured to the container. The tearing portion allows the closure to be opened for access to the contents of the package.

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A closure for closing and loosely reclosing a food container, the container comprising a sidewall having an inner surface, an outer surface and an upper end portion, a closed end and an open end, the closure comprising a central panel having a top surface and a bottom surface, an outer peripheral up

A closure for closing and loosely reclosing a food container, the container comprising a sidewall having an inner surface, an outer surface and an upper end portion, a closed end and an open end, the closure comprising a central panel having a top surface and a bottom surface, an outer peripheral upstanding wall adjoining the central panel and adapted to be affixed to the container sidewall, the central panel comprising an annular peripheral portion formed of a material and having a score line formed in the material and defining a removable central panel portion which includes pull means for tearing the score line and pulling the removable central panel portion from the rest of the closure and container, the removable central panel portion having a peripheral skirt adjacent the scoreline and extending downwardly from and below the bottom surface of the removable central panel portion, said closure skirt having an outer surface which is adjacent and alongside but spaced from a portion of the inner surface of the container sidewall to provide a loose fit therewith, the closure skirt outside surface and the adjacent sidewall inner surface portion being adapted to be in a mating, overlapping relationship, such that once a container closed by the closure is initially opened with the removable central panel portion remaining on or replaced on the container and the container and its food contents are heated, the removable central panel portion is free to move up and down within the container open end, and steam can escape from the container between the mated, overlapped portions of the closure skirt and container sidewall.