Salt: A World History

How did a man called Appert destroy the salt industry?

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A Frenchman named Appert discovered that if food was sealed in cans and heated, the food would no longer rot. He sold his canned vegetables to the Navy and the idea caught on well. The ability to get vegetables and meat to last for such a long time in cans all but destroyed the salted fish industries in Europe.