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The shelf life of canned foods

M.N. Hall (Campden Food Preservation Research Association)

Nutrition & Food Science

ISSN: 0034-6659

Article publication date: 1 April 1979

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Abstract

A can of veal produced in 1824 for Captain Parry's expedition in search of the North West Passage was opened in 1938 and found to be in perfect condition. This was a milestone in the history of food technology but it is no indication of the normally recommended period of storage for cans, as M.N. Hall points out

Citation

Hall, M.N. (1979), "The shelf life of canned foods", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 79 No. 4, pp. 2-5. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058759

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1979, MCB UP Limited

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