MEAT BY-PRODUCTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 7

MEAT BY-PRODUCTS

MORE CARE REQUIRED IN PACKING.

(From Our Speciul Correspondent.) Palmorston North, March 19. With'the.advance in the frozen ; ment trade, and with the high prices ruling for meat, moro attention has ;been .turned to the utilisation of the by-products, and as the same thing has taken place in America our goods have to meet those' from that; country on the Home markets, .and therefore the manner in which they are packed is a very ;great factor in the competition which "ensues. That we could with advantage lake a lesson from our American cousins in this rc,spect_ is evident from the following extracts from a letter received l\y Messrs. A. M. Elliott and Co., of Palmerston North, :from thoir London agents (Messrs. ■Gilbert Anderson and Co.), dated January 23. In dealing with ox livers, a large Quantity of which are .now sent from -this Dominion, and the same remark applies to other by-products, of a .more or less perishable nature, the loiter says: "The market inspectors-.are very strict, ■sand they have no hesitation in putting aside any that are off colour and show signs of mould .through long storage. The Americans have Jlood.od the market with these goods, more especially with their boxed ox livers. These are packed four in a box, each liver Tjoing wrapped paper, which allows of. tbcin arriving in bright condition, and Australasian sellers' are finding it particularly difficult to dispose •of livers .packed in bags, which turn out .very unsatisfactorily. The steamer Durham, like many others, has been hung up oil account of the shortage of cold storage space,.and the storage, company .advises receiving this class of goods in mouldy condition. This means that .wo | shall have to go to Manchester to survey the various parcels and dispose of same to the best advantage. Mcst lines of theso .goods now coming to hand show signs .of -mould, and it is quite clear that in addition to the long stornge at your end, the meat has not benefited 'by the extra period taken over lhe voyage, some vessels being in fully a mouth before breaking bulk."