Show BRITAIN MAKES scientific STUDY 0 OF F STORED FOOD A scientific study of the transport ind storage ot of fish meat fruit find and vegetables has recently been completed by the british department of scientific find and industrial research in the he study designed to help british Vi shippers tIppers and improve great britaina Brit ains rood food supply home grown fee foods s received consideration first and then british empire and foreign produce research demonstrated that fish stored in crushed ice aboard trawlers trailers lers may be kept hept in good condition from 10 to 12 days where formerly the storage period was limited to five or seven days it has been shown that herring if frozen rapidly in brine and stored at low temperatures will preserve their quality tor for as long as four months operating cooperating co with australian and new zealand packers the investigators found that beet beef could be preserved in a chilled state for sixty to seventy days in an atmosphere con 10 to 20 per cent of carbor carbon dioxide it if ships refrigerators cau can be ba made sufficiently this fact should enable australia and new zealand to ship beet beef to england in ho chill bacon find and other pork products it was also shown could be stored successfully in atmospheres highly charged with carbon di dl olde low temperatures alone will not preserve bacon during it a trip from australla australia or new zealand the storage of fruits in gas gag and at low temperatures has not bet et been thoroughly explored but the study records that the principle of gna gas storage age Is now cow valid beyond dispute |