BACKGROUND OF THE CANNING INDUSTRY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 397
• Publication Date: January 18, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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i. Prior to World War I, only limited 1 xury items were to be ta=d in the form
of owned foods in ` were dainty lisp, Pardines and the like,
geaeraWr imparted as'the USM as that time ha d no canner
industry of St^ am. After 19~, hmwer, technical help frog Western Ban"
vas enlisted, and a cumber of 51m? Q&=1C9 factories 0"=6 4 in the. V J iV0e-
tok region and the SiberianIos-Ocean shorten There Were '"-u- by elavs labor,
rsr_oe meahiftM was too ex'"aiva, and osnand exal-usivelr fish, crabs, lebat-s
and caviar for civilian consumption, although canned ebarY, soal and inhale Mat
vu vraps:*ad for the arms
2. Another group of U-n"411 g faotc"'. iee sprang- t.4, follon-ing 3.921# Oar Leningrad,
iusive+r for export. In the
pradttcing ocna l sardiass, and Baltic fish, sxo
Caucasus, fruity sad preesrws ware canned,, vhie.o vugetabla cad fish were can-
ll in limited Quantity.
a
ned along the Eastern sharer of the Blank 15-P
a~ the first experiments on the caaa'a
of milk. First attempts, on,snitaxed milk, Were successful. Milk was evaporated
to half its Tolumo, then. large amauats,of eugat Were added as a coasefivsnt; it
was then pasteurized at a low wperature, 630 - 700 C9=ti=8d0, so as not to
for tWO hours; caam..Were
lasted
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destroy the vitamins by overheating._ Tt+e hea
solderee. beforehand, and it Was a one-step terilizatiun process.
As far as vegetables Were concerned, besae-.vita t o m " * rsaauccehv h9~ _
frequently prrpered; these Were sterilized by he
tigreds, then rapidly cooled and kept for savesl hours inna a once o1 more ste a othat
remmmim spores vould.pass, into active form, t1um o eforro eTeral
hcarr. In 1939) ceasing factories started high temperature proseam
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serious inridenta a mass paiaoning (bo u1n), ooouared in alliv albae, over ? ,
three hundred perscaa perished in one night from vegetables canned in Odessa.
The same tragedy resulted from foods canned in the Kherson factory.
Tin for cans was costly, and since the U5b1 aaC very 1ltt.Le tin or its own, It
was decided to add lead to tin in 1939; this. again resulted in mass poisoning
due to excessive lead in the alloy and the fact that cane were allowed to stand
too long before being f'_lled:in?thetfactories.
canned, sugared milk, a thick soup-like, yellowish-colored mass to which boil-
ing water was added. This was very popular among children, who ate it as one
would candy. Prior to World War II, the U8BR began purchasing autoclaves and
machinery for cleaning fruits and vegetables in the interest of
increasing their canning efficiency, which was still done mostly by hand at that
time. In 1939, an attempt was made by Soviet camera to coat their cams with
a plr.:tic varnish, as the Germans did, but the varnish did nut adhere, nor was
it resist at to the action of the canned stuffs. In 1939-1940 glasa containers
were dhzsoiuaadjtheep were heavy and breakable but. .Nevva.po#il& in.t+tat people
bought faflde: for the saka of the gless?, jam,, since: glaaswan was. -'mara: commodity
7. A a : . u u V l e a a f a a t feu ax t in. Soviet rmmmit7g. waarteim fast thaib:.eawdina?"oU, vain pra-
pteeat.-rom pstra . , By
Ciet113sat .&tra~,~.ltgvidr tedtass: ?sfttttttin
ddt 'aamsd "abler-411': wa D&' d: from the"?ps'bs'O1'4', to i,bh.,fi otC~
eaat3 Nr oil was added for taste and i .1... Ana r: own:,=MW Saataits MU
the use. Of aaliqlio said for canning fruits! altho- a good disinfectant, it
anted adversely on the et=Leh and. bowat, cf those untortuaate enough to sat
setae.
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8. In World. War II, the Soviet army depended exclusively ono oanhMd.tceda.
Wm up to 1941 canned foods ware catatttdarad luxury items,, at:'' ftftwA prinoipsd.2.y
in. restaurants fregpented by hi ,7;,pasrby members. ft r the moat past., ford was
sacked, cured w-d dried fM
9. Not of the: canning plants in the, tIMI in 1941. were . I . 4 they wars gaasrsU y
need after the city in which they ~ndsuedc,, __ swan- a nutitoes, staoh at-, (tvdrtt
nme) coming ?isnt,lumber Right". Also, they were all under nilitaiy ooatr?ol
by 1941.
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