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The preparation of meat for consumption,
especially if it is to be transported long
distances. The industry depends on
refrigeration, which was invented in 1861.
The first commercial use of frozen meat was
in a shipment from the US to London in 1874.
Frozen meat was first depatched from
Argentina to London in 1878, and from
Australia in 1879. Chicago had the world's
largest meat-packing plants until the
stockyards closed in 1971.