ABSTRACT
Sterilization ................................................................. 585 26.4.3.3 Computational Procedure ............................................ 586 26.4.3.4 Mathematical Formulation of Mixed Integer Linear
Programming Model ................................................... 586 26.4.3.5 Expected Advantages on the Implementation
of Simultaneous Sterilization ...................................... 588 26.4.4 New Package Systems and Their Impact on Energy
Consumption ............................................................................... 590 26.5 Conclusion ............................................................................................... 591
Nomenclature ........................................................................................................ 591 Sub Indices............................................................................................... 593 Greek Letters ............................................................................................ 593
References ............................................................................................................. 594
The process of ‘‘canning’’ foods first began with the use of glass jars and was invented and developed on a small commercial scale in France in 1795 by Nicholas Appert. He was a French chef who was determined to win the prize of 12,000 francs offered by Napoleon for a way to prevent military food supplies from spoiling. Appert canned meats and vegetables in jars sealed with pitch and by 1804 opened his first vacuum-packing plant. It was a French military secret that soon leaked across the English Channel (Holdsworth, 1997).
