Packaging for Salaam brand hummos-tahini

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Packaging for hummos-tahini distributed by Salaam International, a division of the Nation of Islam. The packaging consists of printed blue text on a single piece of white cardboard that forms a rectangular box when folded. At center of the front is [HUMMOS-TAHINI / In Twin Pouches] in English surrounded by printed text in Arabic. At the top left corner is the Salaam logo and [ENTREE CLASSICS TM] printed diagonally. At bottom left is printed ["Your most / delicious food - / perfectly / preserved." / NO FREEZING / NO REFRIGERATION / NO PRESERVATIVES* / READY TO USE]. Along the right side flap is printed [Exp. Date July 1986]. The back repeats some of the text on the front along with preparation instructions adn a list of ingredients. At bottom right is [Produced in the U.S.A. exclusively for Salaam by Mid-America Foods, Inc., Chicago, IL 60644].

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