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Ron PrattI would not! You don’t need a perfect vacuum, but you do have excess air in there. If I were you I would look at both ends of the bag to see if you can find a corner with a slack section whereby you can poke a small hole in it and insert a drinking straw or a small piece of tubing. Then starting from the opposite end start pressing the bag to force out as much air as you can. Then using lung power suck out as much remaining air as you can and then slap a piece of strong tape over that hole after you have removed the straw or tubing. Normally Scotch tape is not adhesive enough so even duct tape is better. From then on be careful whenever you handle the meat, though if it were mine then once I returned it to the refrigerator I would not handle it again! Ron