ortion thereof. [0014] FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the inventive pre-packaged food product, namely the fresh beef strip loin shown by FIGS. 1 A and IB as packaged in accordance with the inventive method using a vacuum packaging technique. [0015] FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2B of FIG. 2A. [0016] FIG. 3 A is a perspective view of the inventive pre-packaged food product, n