PURE FOOD.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1465, 13 June 1912, Page 5

PURE FOOD.

1 POSITION IN THE CITY. , NEW REGULATIONS BEING PREPAREO. 8; Z l "'' o , ' Ccuneil deputation " wh:<-\ n! i ..A u POn^"tho'Minister for'SJustieirW'u i alleged.Unit the Health Be;.;,: : . I :K ( ;' !t . • hardly or.y . wmii'o! r- 5■ "Ol^ioodv-'iQrv-local-'coiibuinp ti• : ii•• i'.i'SWt '.'1 milk and bread. Fri::;.;. ■ ■ -:}n«rf Sil ?s! , .?oV«te«la.v aO/tho'; Ileiiiiir,' 3 j ti. n th.ll tile deputa--5 overstated tho* facts of;. S'ttWllilfvf •J»0 , posit3Gii J is that ) ,^ rln ? e . nt J}5 s l»wcr to talcosamples,-; ri< •("v.jopU'pfl ■.{°r analysis, ; and upon • as food. i< •Ms fe"'° » 1 '- (!eloK ' rl(!,ls to health,"- ut : •i io , !H VV ,Vil ->'.to .11,iikv.it r Jj«|)atliiw»t - has power" to-.- take' ;;)^R n _l-proceedings against the veudoiV' 'Hie' : various hospital boards li!a inspi'ctors. who, for- pur. of foodstuffs,- nro oili- -' -dirn ■lv d i ls, ' n , ot , -" 10 -'"wnoctorsr, are ' : ' A al '°- now bosn? ■ lironar. ■ 9 ?iL,°i Uonnrhiiont which;,will str'll—' wof S f !'"f •• 11; 1,(,Ra i r(1 fi«"» ; II iloi .il ' • I 1 ls - adnntk-ds l:hat j.OlllO P n, ,s those-which>Pi) ly -•I 11 IJh- export of.butter - Aci;.- iL 1 ' 1 I Piiil" V "-rV } 0 Department to r-roso- ■ IKIj I T e V O^ r , hi^or'w 'bn^i'' 01 ' " l 0 'i Ol -"- rc S»lations,' which-''-iri> - ip:s§«^|| ~: r ,What a Butter Merchant Says' ' ' w.owledge, been phcp<l on tho' nr ' : t T, cl,I - v - c * n ' c from 0116 or two.' ' l ' to ! pni'^ Irittni' 1 ' V l' y , <lil ? eu!t matter - ';;, i "fnll „" ! out (Iw «' Oil to the ' C Iftlf !)0,i . 1ul ' 11 n! ; 1 - 1 oven in the linos ho lii-11! - j>Uf controlled, ho would not swear tint'' tin e if™!! ' 1 , tho fu!l l'ouiid any inuo it ,I.ls picked up ■ and weWioif '■ 5 - f'nte/ T'i' be ? littio oV-> r it be a sjiucle 11 tuler, but tho niiu ' '■ ; alnays was at (lie full pound. ■ lf.- a iav/ \ '!n ''ifT 1 '! lak,li g jt.a punishable ollVneo t° butter under Vh?,., . the- 1 illl ■; - s : 4l!"™ r fr Wl • haV °-'' to K ' ie ß lUil ' l! ' • ® »'J Putt.iiff :m. ovw'weighit.-b ttiid'-Vi. this woulu havo-to bo made. <iis iii"■ the *" ; selling price 0,,,. informant «r P i„l'- - a"li S I. o wl-nU 1 " f st n , ' ~,<- 'n t, tllat I'Mctici : h _ •111., Ilia whole, of the makers-aimed at' ""' and got the inil pound,- with, ai ri.ii-:!:, • lae ii]iavo!i]ai>lo shade aljove' or:.-below . Ummeiitiiig on tho statement'made by^i Mr. Reardon, .that " butter: wis I '"Pent y. mixed with thefactory.-; pro-- ■ S» C t n " so ' ll i - as the- (Knuine atticlc, UioV dealer 111 question •characterised this stated .' men-* as-beine absoiutely.. incorrect,-.and ■ .'■ • jLin S f Sa l , d ( ml ' ifc would .be iii'i. - 1 fiossiblo for such a statement to be nr0v.,1. : • lf . l per cent :■ of inferior. biitteriwero - mixed witlr Iho bi.?t .butler, it: would- ' JK-ing down tlw quality, of the Bft lKKeen*- - ' ' or good and tho maker or dealer, who:'had i { „{ s owu brands'ttlut t ®f>.-'*'Ottld; not bo foolish' cnough''{'o'' : '-:niix-?' ■ ithe two. -..!.here -is,- said the,.dwilcriViio ' hncr. butter going- out of-'Ne^.'Zealand'i*''- • than, is placed 011 the loenlniiiarket/-a- ; :u • -..-A?, to the moisture in butici-.:Sho t :i<*ijn I " ! " ■ j} l ' l !. Wi,; ; 1C per ■ cent.v...(i fair':and?saio liniitvand although.there'was-.no-deliber-ato- putting in of mora than • this' amount,' ■ butter with mora than 18 per.;oent:.- iin4 certainly - been retailed. ■ This : ;was- ; adn!-'"/■ teration under the.: Act, 'but--if.wiis not : -. a very, serious matter, and evoryimaker endeavoured to avoid:) it.-ri--. , Vr!'.'• T: :; l ='. ; v; • •