TINNED FISH
PURCHASES FROM JAPAN PROTESTS IN HIM TAIN LONDON, June 27. Attention is being focussed upon two huge importations of Japanese canned salmon and crab. The present tension in the Far East has resulted in an unwilling British market, and has discouraged attempts to retail £1,760,000 worth of Japanese salmon which is lying in bond. The deal has caused a renewal of the resentment of Canadian canners, who have continually protested against Japanese’ fishing boats poaching in the Alaskan salmon fields. One British firm has just landed £250,000 worth of tinned crab, representing Japan’s entire available export for the 1939-40 season. 'There is renewed agitation aiming at the amendment of the Merchandise Marks Act in the direction of compelling the country of origin to be stamped on every can sold on the British market. It is noteworthy that one of the principal Japanese factories is named “Can.” Thus “Can” stamped on the tins suggests a Canadian origin.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19985, 10 July 1939, Page 5
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