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Studies upon the Toxicity of Putrid Food

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

William G. Savage
William G. Savage
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(A Report to the Canned Food Committee of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Food Investigation Board.)
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In nearly every case where canned meat or fish is condemned as unfit for human consumption, the action is based upon the physical features of the unopened tin, which are held to indicate decomposition of the contents. No studies of canned foods would therefore be complete without some detailed consideration as to the real harmfulness of such rejected foodstuffs.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , July 1921 , pp. 69 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1921

References

1 These two aspects are only touched upon here. They are dealt with in considerable detail in my book, Food Poisonings and Food Infections, 1919, pp. 115 et seq.