Editing Refrigeration (section)

===Meat packing and trade===
Prior to 1882, the [[South Island]] of New Zealand had been experimenting with sowing grass and crossbreeding sheep, which immediately gave their farmers economic potential in the exportation of meat. In 1882, the first successful shipment of sheep carcasses was sent from [[Port Chalmers]] in [[Dunedin]], New Zealand, to [[London]]. By the 1890s, the frozen meat trade became increasingly more profitable in New Zealand, especially in [[Canterbury Region|Canterbury]], where 50% of exported sheep carcasses came from in 1900. It was not long before Canterbury meat was known for the highest quality, creating a demand for New Zealand meat around the world. In order to meet this new demand, the farmers improved their feed so sheep could be ready for the slaughter in only seven months. This new method of shipping led to an economic boom in New Zealand by the mid 1890s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Peden|first=R.|title=Farming in the Economy-Refrigeration and Sheep Farming|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/farming-in-the-economy/page-3}}</ref>

In the United States, the Meat Inspection Act of 1891 was put in place in the United States because local butchers felt the refrigerated railcar system was unwholesome.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Libecap|title=The Rise of the Chicago Meat Packers and the Origins of Meat Inspection and Antitrust|journal=Economic Inquiry |volume=30|pages=242–262|doi=10.1111/j.1465-7295.1992.tb01656.x|s2cid=154055122|url=http://www.nber.org/papers/h0029.pdf}}</ref> When meat packing began to take off, consumers became nervous about the quality of the meat for consumption. [[Upton Sinclair]]'s 1906 novel ''[[The Jungle]]'' brought negative attention to the meat packing industry, by drawing to light unsanitary working conditions and processing of diseased animals. The book caught the attention of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], and [[Federal Meat Inspection Act|the 1906 Meat Inspection Act]] was put into place as an amendment to the Meat Inspection Act of 1891. This new act focused on the quality of the meat and environment it is processed in.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rockoff|first=Gary M. Walton, Hugh|title=History of the American Economy|url=https://archive.org/details/historyamericane00walt_332|url-access=limited|year=2010|publisher=South-Western/Cengage Learning|location=Mason, OH|isbn=978-0-324-78661-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyamericane00walt_332/page/n360 336]–368|edition=11th}}</ref>