a John Dewars meat question

[meathead]

I stopped at John Dewars in Wellesley and was surprised to see their very expensive dry aged beef wrapped in a plastic bag with blood visible. Doesn't this sound wrong - don't we want dried aged beef to be chilled but exposed to air?

[Ian]

Dewars vacuum packs a lot of their products to preserve freshness and to protect them if customers choose to freeze them. I don't know, however, if dry aged beef should be handled differently. I tend to trust the Dewars' guys, though.

[rxrfrx]

Would there really be a problem if they took meat that had been properly dry-aged and then sealed it up? Sealing something would be the best way to preserve it in a particular state.

Also, are you sure the stuff in bags was dry-aged, and not just their regular beef? They keep almost everything in the vacuum bags.