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 PUBLIC LAW 98-226—MAR. 5, 1984 Public Law 98-226 98th Congress

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98 STAT. 51 .. -^

Joint Resolution Designating March 6, 1984, as "Frozen Food Day".

Whereas the United States of America is blessed with an impressive array of agricultural products that make the food production and distribution system of the Nation the envy of the world; Whereas throughout history one of the primary goals of human effort has been the production of food; Whereas the farm-to-city migration created a great demand for food supplies in dense population centers in which such supplies could not be grown; Whereas the international frozen food industry started in the United States with vegetables, fruit, meat, and fish being first packaged and offered to consumers in 1930; Whereas between 1935 and 1940 frozen foods were provided to the public on a large scale, and during World War II ration point values posted in stores and carried in newspapers focused public attention on frozen foods; Whereas frozen food became a meaningful part of the space age when Apollo XII astronauts took frozen meals on board and seventy-two frozen food items were stored on skylab for a fivehundred-day supply of meals for the crew; Whereas the American frozen food industry has worked closely with producers and has continued research and development for the purpose of seeking better ways to bring the nutrition, quality, and taste of American agricultural products to the American consumer; and Whereas in March 1984 the frozen food industry in the United States will celebrate the fifty-fourth year of service to the American people and the people of the world: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in recognition of the significant contribution which the frozen food industry in the United States has made and continues to make to the nutritional well-being of the American people by enabling them to

Mar. 5, 1984 [S.J. Res. 193]'

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