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A CONTAINER PACKAGE FOR FOOD PRODUCTS COMPRISING, A CONTAINER BODY HAVING A PERIPHERALLY CONTINUOUS SIDE WALL WHICH TERMINATES IN AN OPEN UPPER END, A RIM AREA ADJACENT SAID OPEN UPPER END AND HAVING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OFFSET, PERIPHERALLY EXTENDING UPPER AND LOWER AXIALLY SPACED LIP PORTIONS, A REPLACEABLE CLOSURE MEMBER HAVING A COVERING WALL FOR THE OPEN UPPER END OF SAID CONTAINER, AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING SKIRT PORTION PROJECTING GENERALLY AXIALLY FROM THE OUTER MARGIN OF SAID COVERING WALL AND TERMINATING AT ITS UPPER END IN A LATERALLY OUTWARDLY PROJECTING RIM PORTION ADAPTED TO REST UPON THE LOWER LIP PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER BODY, SAID CLOSURE MEMBER ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE HOLLOW KNOB MEANS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE PLANE OF SAID COVERING WALL TO FACILITATE APPLICATION AND REMOVAL OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID CONTAINER BODY, SAID KNOB MEANS PROJECTING FROM SAID COVERING WALL NO FURTHER THAN THE UPPER LIP PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER BODY RIM AREA TO HE WITHIN THE CONFINES THEREOF, AND A MANUALLY REMOVABLE, HEAT SEALABLE ELEMENT INITIALLY JOINED TO THE UPPER LIP PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER BODY IN A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTINUOUS MANNER TO HERMETICALLY SEAL THE CONTAINER BODY, SAID ELEMENT BEING PROVIDED WITH TAB MEANS FACILITATING GRASPING THEREOF BY A USER IN REMOVING SAID ELEMENT FROM THE CONTAINER PACKAGE TO EXPOSE THE REPLACEABLE CLOSURE MEMBER, THE KNOB MEANS OF SAID REPLACEABLE CLOSURE MEMBER HAVING AN UPPER GENERALLY PLANAR SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE UPPER LIP PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER BODY AND BEING OF GREATER TRANSVERSE DIMENSION THROUGHOUT ITS FULL EXTENT THAN THE HEIGHT THEREOF TO PROVIDE UNDERLYING SUPPORT FOR SAID MANUALLY REMOVABLE, HEAT SEALABLE ELEMENT AT A LOCATION LATERALLY INWARDLY OFFSET FROM THE UPPER LIP PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER BODY.