| Show BRITAIN MAKES scientific STUDY OP OF STORED FOOD A scientific study of 0 the transport and storage of fish meat fruit and vegetables has recently been completed by the british department of scientific and industrial research in the study designed to help british shippers and improve great britaina Brit ains food supply home grown foods received consideration first and then british empire nod foreign produce research demonstrated that flab stored in crashed ice aboard trawlers trailers lers may be kept in good condition from 10 to 12 days daya where formerly the I 1 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 for as long as four months operating cooperating co with australian and new zealand packers the investigators found that beet beef could be pr preserved in a chilled state for sixty to seventy days daya in an atmosphere con tolling 10 to 20 per cent of carbon dioxide if ships refrigerators can be made gaslight this fact should enable australia and new zealand to ship beef to england in chill bacon and other pork products it was also shown could be stored successfully in atmospheres highly charged with carbon dioxide low temperatures alone will not preserve bacon during a trip from australla australia or new zealand the storage of fruits in gas and at low temperatures has not yet been thoroughly explored but the study records that the principle of gas storage Is now valid beyond dispute |
