PACKAGE FOR DECAYABLE FOODSTUFFS

Package (1) for decayable foodstuffs (2), consisting of a package material (3) and forming a mainly closed package space (4) and a mainly closed indicator space (5) for an indicator (6). The indicator space (5) forms an exterior wall (8) adjoining the environment (7) and made of a material (9) with a controllable gas permeability so that gas can penetrate through the exterior wall into the indicator space in a controlled manner as the package 91) is aging, so that the indicator (6) will indicate the entry of gas into the indicator space and therefore the aging of the package upon the lapse of a certain time after the package was exposed to the environment; and an interior wall (10) of the indicator space (10), adjoining the package space 94) and made of a material controllably permeable to gas so that gas entering into and/or generated in the package space can penetrate from the package space into the indicator space in a controlled manner and the indicator will indicate that gas has entered into the package space.