BORACIC ACID IN BUTTER.
ILLEGAL AFTER JANUARY 1. [THE PRESS Special Service.] WELLINGTON, November 15. From January Ist next, announces the Minister for Health, it will be illegal for dairy factories to add boracic acid to their butter. This decision represents another step in the Health Department's campaign against preservatives in foods, and follows the decision of the British Government that butter containing boracic acid shall not be imported to the United Kingdom. The amount of boracic acid in each pound of butter is very small, only about 20 grains, but the cumulative effect of various preservatives upon the consumer is what the Health Department fears. The decision has caused little perturbation in the butter trade. It is stated that some years ago dairy factories commenced to abandon the use of boracic acid and that the movement has continued ever since. Few factories now employ it, since with the progress of pasteurisation methods the need for preservative has vanished.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19159, 16 November 1927, Page 10
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159BORACIC ACID IN BUTTER. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19159, 16 November 1927, Page 10
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