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Development in Food industry — Card 9 of 20
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Question
Cold storage and freezing were practiced as early as:
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B. 800 BC in China
The earliest known use of cold storage and freezing dates back to around 800 BC in China, where people stored ice and snow in underground pits and icehouses to preserve food and cool beverages. These practices represent some of the first organized uses of low temperatures for foo...
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