Early Detection: Drunken Apples

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

202

Date Released

1977

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: Oxygen levels are crucial for keeping apples fresh in storage; if these levels are too low, the apples begin to ferment, giving off alcoholic fumes before becoming tasteless and rotton. But now a modified breathalyser is used to sniff out the alcohol in the apple store. The slightest whiff indicates to the farmer that the automatic oxygen ventilating systems are out of order. He can thus repair them before his apples are damaged.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Agriculture; Science and technology; Engineering

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/202

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Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Fred Goodland

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