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Am sure I've read about this question before, but my searches aren't working.

Just purchased a dozen duck legs from d'Artagnan which I want to sous vide. Each package has two legs, so a perfect division.

The legs will go in a 3.5 mil vacuum sealer bag for later freezing. They'll be cooked 160ºF for 28 hours.

What I don't know is whether to remove the original packaging first?

Edited to add: 

I should add that the reason I want to keep the original packaging is that the text describing package contents is legible. I write a lot of stuff on the outside of the s.v. bag in a fat black marker (including the date purchased, weight, the temp/time/date cooked). After vacuum sealing, the bag is usually badly wrinkled, so almost illegible. And I don't want to defrost it just to read it.

Am sure I've read about this question before, but my searches aren't working.

Just purchased a dozen duck legs from d'Artagnan which I want to sous vide. Each package has two legs, so a perfect division.

The legs will go in a 3.5 mil vacuum sealer bag for later freezing. They'll be cooked 160ºF for 28 hours.

What I don't know is whether to remove the original packaging first?

Edited to add: 

I should add that the reason I want to keep the original packaging is that the text for what is in the package is legible. I write a lot of stuff on the outside of the s.v. bag in a fat black marker (including the date purchased, weight, the temp/time/date cooked). After vacuum sealing, the bag is usually badly wrinkled, so almost illegible. And I don't want to defrost it just to read it.