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Abstract

A tray for storing and displaying products that exude liquid includes a base with side walls and end walls. The base has a side rib spaced from and parallel to a side wall for forming a side liquid collection cavity at the side wall. The base has other interior ribs to support the product. The tray is designed to be tilted at an angle so that the side liquid collection cavity is lowermost and allows any liquid to move downwardly into the side cavity. An absorbent material is located in the side liquid collection cavity, and the cavity is covered by a porous sheet so that the liquid passes through the porous sheet and is absorbed below the sheet and is hidden from view. The liquid may form a gel with the absorbent material. The preferred absorbent material is a non-crosslinked gel forming polymer and at least one clay and preferably including a trivalent cation. A process for allowing the liquid to flow through the porous material and interact with the absorbent material to form a gel that is too bulky to pass back through the porous material to where the product is located.

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