FROZEN MEAT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 12, 9 October 1919, Page 4

FROZEN MEAT

AND THE POPULAR PREJUDICE. In tho House, of Representatives yesterday afternoon Mr. Isitt asked the Prime Minister if he would do something to counteract, the increased cost of beef mid mutton in Canterbury. Tho prices had recently been advanced. He suggested the establishment o£ meat depots. ■Mr. Mnssoy said he understood that there was at present a scarcity of fat stock, especially in the South Island. Any meat salesman, however, could, arrange with the freezing companies to get from their stores a supply of meat sufficient for his customers at export values. Mr. M'Combs: But they don't do it. They can do better in the open market. Mi , . Massey said that there were 107 meat salesmen who did take meat from cold stores. Tlifi real trouble seemed to be a prejudice against frozen meat, "I canuot understand it," ho said. "I have had some considerable experience of it here and also in the camps on the other side of tho world, and I know that f rosw'ii meat, if it is properly thawed, is quite as Rood as fresh killed meat. I say that without fear of contradiction, , and the people of this country should have no hesitation in using it."