poultry, egg, fish classification and processing

Pennington and Howard Castner Pierce were awarded a U.S. patent for an all-metal poultry-cooling rack for the cooling and grading of poultry, rabbits and game (patent not located); 1898 founded Philadelphia Chemical Laboratory-provided testing for bacteria for doctors for $50/year; 1905 joined US Dept of Agriculture & in 1908 was Chief of their Research Lab (later known as FDA) responsible for overseeing compliance with the 1906 Pure Food Act; developed milk & dairy standards checklists for dairy herds to maintain procedures recommended standards for construction & insulation of refrigerated railroad cars (designed a better insulated car) oversaw the design & construction of refrigerated warehouses commercial & home refrigeration developed a better way to process & freeze fish for commercial sales invented a sterile food container (patent not found) and received patents for storage & freezing eggs; holds 4 patents

all-metal poultry-cooling rack for the cooling and grading of poultry, rabbits and game

Category:
Food Sciences

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
N/A

Co-Inventor:
Howard Castner Pierce