A COMPLAINT.
TAINTED WHITE P!NE CUTTER BOXES
BUTTER UNSALEABLE.
SPECULATION AS TO CAUSE. BY' TELECKAWI— I'BESS -ASSOCIATION—COnTHOnT. (Rec. Nov. 5..0.37 a.m.) Sydney, November.4. Tho '' Daily Telegraph '' says that.. for- the first time for many" yews' trouble has recoutly been experienced in the use of tainted .-butter .boxes made of New Zealand lvhit-o pine. ■ How they got into'use has not boon ascertained. Tho indication is that it is cither ca?olessness of the bosmakors or that sup. plies of first-class pine, arb running out. The pno eomplanpd : or dcvolops a strong smoky* scent, which permeates tho butter, and niina its flavour. Some boxes are so affected that tho butter is not usablo even for pastry purposes. ■ The pine complained of develops a strong where factories. have obtained boxes from Sydney, in shoots. . Packed in this way, the timber sweats, and tho objectionable taint is intensified. . -.•.-•
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 November 1907, Page 5
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143A COMPLAINT. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 November 1907, Page 5
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