Hall, Lloyd
1894-1971 · Contribution: 1930s-1950s
Food preservation and sterilization methods
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Impact on the world
His food sterilization and preservation methods are still used today to keep meats and other foods safe from spoilage; inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2004.
Life & background
A chemist who developed a method combining sodium chloride with nitrite crystals to prevent meat spoilage, along with numerous other food preservation and sterilization techniques still used in the food industry today.
Sources
- National Inventors Hall of Fame; Smithsonian Lemelson Center; American Chemical Society
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