1. AN APPARATUS INCLUDING A FREEZING MACHINE HAVING A FREEZING TABLE WITH ROWS OF FREEZING POCKETS THEREIN, AND GRIPPING MEMBERS MOUNTED ABOVE SAID TABLE FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT TO POSITIONS ABOVE THE RESPECTIVE ROWS OF FREEZING POCKETS, MEANS FOR REMOVING THE FROZEN BODIES FROM SAID POCKETS AND TRANSFERRING THEM TO SAID GRIPPING MEMBERS INCLUDING A PASSAGE SYSTEM CONNECTING THE POCKETS OF EACH ROW WITH EACH OTHER AT THEIR BOTTOMS, MEANS BEING PROVIDED FOR SUCCESSIVELY CONNECTING SAID PASSAGE SYSTEMS TO A SOURCE OF A GASEOUS MEDIUM AT A PRESSURE HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE SURROUNDING ATMOSPHERE, SAID SOURCE OF A GASEOUS MEDIUM BEING PROVIDED WITH A NOZZLE AND MEANS