BORIC ACID IN BUTTER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1998, 4 March 1914, Page 10

BORIC ACID IN BUTTER.

BANNED IN AFRICAN MARKET. (By Telegraph—Proas Association.) . ■'■"■■ "Auckland, March 3. Tlio fatrlct . .prohibition., against _• tho use of' preservative, in butter enforced by tho federal Food and Dmgs Department; under: the law of. tho United States recently; caused tho■ condemnation of two consignments of New Zealand butter. Tho reason given for tho decision was that''it .contained "definito iraoes;of_',bofic .acid."..'; No finality has yet been ■reached; ,iu the controversy, regarding".ilioleffect^of adding■ boracic* acid to butter.,as a! preservative. : lir tho New..Zealand permits thoruse-of'iiot more than '88 grains poivp6undy*'and' : a certain 'percentage is allowed in. butter nianufa'ctured for":the 'English liiarkeb.' On' tlio other Land "tho American '. law will aiot

permit tho importation of,, butter con"taining any '.preservative!'. other ■ than salt. Thcbig port,of.'Seattle is at prc-< sent probably tlio • largest American consumer <>f-Australian and New Zealand ■ produce, and it happened that, when tho first consignment of 1000 boxes was condemned en' ,, drrival on November 15, , there was a great deal of ■speculation.- Colonial butter had been selling, at a Joss, and tho withdrawal of this quantity eased tlio "position for. a number of "jobbers." ,A second con-, ' signment "of "400 boxes" was condemned towards the end of January. Tho dairy companies are dow -adopting strict precautionsjfo keep! the 4cid nut of the prod.ioe, as ilwf.;."slightest ■trace of boric acid detected ,in iutter ,!by the' "United States'imdtysts'' leads to iits condemnation. '..'■.; ,'"',.