Apparatus for the vacuum packaging of food products

An apparatus (1) for the vacuum packaging of food products, comprising a box-like frame (2) which defines at least one portion of a vacuum chamber (3), which can be connected to means for generating vacuum and is adapted to accommodate a pouch (4) containing the food products to be packaged, a heat-sealing bar (7) being provided inside the vacuum chamber (3) and being adapted to seal the mouth of the pouch, the heat-sealing bar (7) being connected so that it can oscillate to the box-like frame (3), about an oscillation axis (7a) which is substantially parallel and spaced with respect to the heat-sealing bar (7), in order to pass from a lowered position, in which the heat-sealing bar (7) is close to the box-like frame (3), to a raised position, in which the heat-sealing bar (7) is spaced from the box-like frame (3), and vice versa.