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Corned beef label

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Corned beef label

Tinned meat such as this corned beef produced by the Christchurch Meat Company only made up a minor component of New Zealanders’ meat intake. This label dates from the early 1900s. Meat canning was in operation prior to 1900 – much of it destined for export.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-C-MEAT-1900s-04

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Sarah Wilcox, Food and beverage manufacturing – Canning, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/22984/corned-beef-label (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Sarah Wilcox, published 3 March 2010.