Meat could be stored for longer periods of time, ie. you had to buy and consume meat the same day for it to be safe before refrigeration.
Gustavus Swift.
In the late 1880s, refrigeration was introduced to the meatpacking industry in Chicago. This changed the industry forever.
Slaughterhouses moved closer to the feedlots where the animals were raised
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it helped cool the food to eat
Chicago
Refrigeration is important or food such as meat and dairy products would go off and become unedible. Also you won't be able to run you AC.
The meat industry slaughters and abuses the animals when they are still conscious.
In 1992 there were 1,264 companies in the prepared meat industry
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union was created in 1906.
The meat packaging industry
The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline recommends that any meat not be held out of refrigeration for more than 2 hours. If the ambient temperature is 90 degrees F or greater, then it should not be out of refrigeration for more than 1 hour.