British Food Officials In Dominion

Chronicle (Levin), 2 June 1949, Page 7

British Food Officials In Dominion

AUCKLAND, June 1. Two prominent seientists from Bri tain, both senior representatives of the . British Ministry of Food, arrived by flying boat from Sydney to visit New Zealand at the invitation of the Govern nient, and to study food production and technology. They are Dr. Norinan Wright, chief scientific adviser to thu British Ministry of Food, and Dr. Mau rice Ingram, senior principal scientific offlcer to the Ministry. The visitors who were met by Dr. ,J. C. Andrews, of Auckland, and Mr N. H. uaw, of Wellington, both representing the Department of Scientific and Indus crial Research, will spend about threweeks in New Zealand. They will ro turn to Australia to make similar stu dies, on June 23. "We have been invited to come ken. by the New Zealand Government to discuss problems of mutual interest in food production and food technology,' Mr Wright said. "Prospects of increas Lng New Zealand 's food production vvii, be discussed for Britain is interested in a very wide range of the Dominion'.products. We are interested in all thosi things you are so good at producing, ' he continued, "The'se include dairy produce, butter and dried skirn mu. l and cheese, while our prime need of ai. it meat. You have done magniflcenti,. so far with mutton and lamb and havt increased your exports materially but we could do meanwhile with„ con siderably larger quantities of any meat . We should litte to be able to exptore tn possibilities of ipcreasiug production, mcluding that of pigmeats. "