[phatfish]

I see, meat packaging is different in the UK. Styrofoam trays are not used in any major stores, they all use the same rigid sealed containers, even the cheap options.

Butchers cutting meat for you is much less common in store now, those that do have a butchers counter wrap it in a plastic bag which seals it pretty well. Small independent shops might do it differently.

I think in general those styrofoam trays are not used much because they can't be recycled. You still find them used by some takeaway food places though.

[crazygringo]

Funny, in the US it's the opposite. Styrofoam still used for store-prepackaged meat, but I don't think I've seen it used for takeout in over a decade.