A method of sealing a plug with a food sauce dispensing cartridge enables
leak proof operation of the dispensing cartridge at the site of the plug.
The plug, having a circumferential edge, is positioned within the
dispensing cartridge and oriented such that the edge is adjacent to the
cartridge sidewall. A layer of hot melt adhesive is then applied to the
circumferential edge and flows into a gap created between the plug and
the cartridge sidewall at a sideseam formed by an overlap region of the
cartridge sidewall. The hot melt adhesive subsequently bonds the plug to
the cartridge sidewall and prevents food sauce from moving past the
circumferential edge of the plug and out of a containment region.