PACKING MEAT IN RUBBER CONTAINERS

Chronicle (Levin), 10 July 1946, Page 2

PACKING MEAT IN RUBBER CONTAINERS

-Press Association

By Telegraph—

AUCKLAND, j uly 9. Experimonts conducted before the war in i>acking New Zealand export meat in a thin container of rubbcr, are to be resumod on wliat is lioped to be a commercial scale according to a stateuicnt by Alr. Bradley Dewey, presidegt of the American Chemical Society, w.m is a meinber of the party of American scientists visiting New Zealand between atom bomb tests at Bikini. Mr. Dewey spent some timo today examrnmg tlie conditions ut the freezing works at Westfield. He said his conipany, Dewey and Almv, of Alassaclni setts, liad begun experiments with . rubbcr meat packings before tlie war and it was found that New Zealand produce contained in this way rcached Smith (ield iu excellent condition. Freezing did not harm tho meat but the thin container was designed to preveut the drying out. "We are hoping to renew experiments as soon as rubbcr stocks become .a>giilable,.',!.,Alr,.,De,wey.mdded,. "but wai now anticipate that it will be 011 Ihe scale of actual cominoreial development. ' ' He paid tribute to the quality of the Dominion 's export meat and said he had never seen a mere uniform line of lambs thau were presented at tho freezing works at Auckland..