CONCENTRATED MILK

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 56, 30 November 1920, Page 4

CONCENTRATED MILK

CHARGES AGAINST MERCHANTS DISMISSED.

By Telezranh— Special Correspondent Palmarston North, November 29. A case of o»if!dcrablo importance to tm cnlc merchant., ... tins bear* inp Bold concentrated mtlk in tinsuuu lne a .label not in acco a w th the^ Mr p 6 Cook for «?e Kdants and Libby, of Chicago. U.S.A. te . "ccmid Ttecked agfttMF* ssa «*» SSf'>.*«!!«g l a3g[,% 4 S5£ sSsaSss'M"" m HndTaylam b that i tfit arrangennrf • T ; nn f in ;J n^\,^|cl l thc New Zealand the I ibbv'f md no cognisance. lind boen supplied direct from »Me r SUSSV biSS Er withdrawlnc tho IS-rMV'SrS-wI p. a nnnatto. and he formed » rarajjiel , the colouring P 10 ®"®' l w that the the S?ed nf ri^ r - B ,.rer Wn tL7 C ln winW Findlav tlien made on appeal tWt A? be ™ Z eJufof°Uio a°ddiHon of rolonrlng patter ?n f■»d« was never Intended to strike at nne oT the necefl'ary proecus of manufacture, to \ l i i 0 r ß er ma; C ufSrs of ♦hat class of nroduds in the wcrW and were, desirous that their name nrnlpctcd. ■no Weed entirely that the •irtielc i't ciiiesticfc should -not be-labelled •'cream, and mentioned that cn w « the Customs Il'uat-tment. liad r .iffd an Objection the manurflotwrCT« h'-d ™oIM that 110 further tins bo labelled vculd be aent to the New Zealand n.arltot. The Professor of Chemistry A "(Wand University College. /vine e"Wcn<je for tlie dcfeire. said he hnd fxnmtned a. unmnlc of Mbby's milk for colouring matter. There was notlilnr to rtow that vegetable colouring had been uddtd. but he was of ooinion that there was a final} amount of lacto caramel Tnat was a browft substance orodu:ed l-y neav in* milk aiid emrar. and was (lilte-linini-lr.Ro. lie considered it was produced in »V liM.ural process of manufacture. Goldingham gave , evidence to tho effect t.hat bis linn had imported i 5 cases of lne eoods complained of. and had the built o( it. still. It- was mircliased- through a commercial traveller and i;nt throughi tho recognised New Zealand apent, and there* fnrt;. no "milk" labeJs were supplied. Thoy had not Bold any Rinec the Cuhtoms hod rescinded pcrinieslon. to ecJL She charscs wers diimiit#!.