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REFRIGERATION: A FACTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR COUNTRIES.

Author(s) : GAC A.

Summary

THE BEST KNOWN APPLICATION OF REFRIGERATION IS, BY FAR, THE PRESERVATION OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS WHICH DETERIORATE RAPIDLY AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE SUCH THAT IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO MARKET THESE PRODUCTS. IN ADDITION, PRODUCT LOSSES BEING HIGH, THE SELLING PRICE OF FOODSTUFFS BECOMES ABNORMALLY INCREASED. IN WARM COUNTRIES THESE LOSSES CAN, IN FACT, BE ALMOST 50% AND EVEN LARGELY EXCEED THIS FIGURE IN THE CASE OF THE MOST FRAGILE SUBSTANCES.

Details

  • Original title: REFRIGERATION: A FACTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR COUNTRIES.
  • Record ID : 1989-2274
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Developing country
  • Publication date: 1989/02/26
  • Source: Source: Symp. Transp., Handl. Storing Food Prod. Kingdom, Riyadh
    vol. 2; 17 p.; 6 tabl.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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