In 1795, the government of France, under Napoleon Bonaparte, offered a 12,000 Franc prize for a solution to preserving food for France’s army and navy. In 1809, Nicolas Appert won the award by preserving canned food through sterilization. On August 25, 1810, King George III of England granted a patent to British merchant, Peter Durand for the invention of preserving food using tin cans (Figure 1). In 1818, Peer Durand introduced the first tin-plated steel cans to America, and in 1819, Thomas Kensett, Sr. and Ezra Daggett of England introduced canned fruits, meats, oysters and vegetables in New Yok City.