Show BRITAIN MAKES scientific STUDY OF STORED FOOD A scientific study of 0 the transport and st storage orae ot of fish meat fruit and vegetables vegetable has hag recently been completed by the british department ot 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 ta british empire and foreign prod produce research demonstrated that fish stored in crushed ice aboard trawlers trailers lers may be kept 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 for as long as tour four months operating cooperating co oo with australian and ne new nv zealand packers the invests investigators a found that beet beef could be preserved in a chilled state for sixty to seventy days in art an atmosphere con tabling 10 to 20 per cent of carbon dioxide it if ships refrigerators cen be made sufficiently gastl glit this fact should enable australia and new zealand to ship beet beef to england in chill bacon and other pork products it was wa 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 |