MOISTURE IN BUTTER

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 7

MOISTURE IN BUTTER

v ße /°Z, e A lr ' J- V. Frazer. S.M., at the Magistrates Court yesterday, Murravs Ltd.. charged, with having sold but' tha Y 6 p " of atei. Jii. SI. Myers, who appeared for the company, «id that the defendant had been advised that no offence hod been committed, although the spirit of Wlnl- ill ! 9 n havo been broker >' \Yhat had been dono was that brine had been placed in some tins of butter Ln l Vv a of .Wag the contents in good. condition for export. Although thn weight of the tin was not affected, it was folt that the butter being packed m n tin with more moisture than the legulalions allowed made it an nffonce against the spirit of the regulations As soon as the matter had been brought under the notice of the company the outstanding tins were called in. , K, J P ', Prcndeville, who appeared for tho Health Department, said tho case arose out of an experiment which had been mace with regard to canned lmtter. It was thought that if the experiment proved a success it would bo possible to eend tinned butter to thn troops. His Worship said it was a case of sellin; an adulterated article, but not with tlu idea of making n profit out of tho adulteration. In the circumstances, he did not fen! disposed to imposo a heavy penalty/ The company was fined £5, with costs i! 2 Os. 6d. |