Sale of Short-weight Bread
“I will make this a heavy penalty to impress upon bakers the need for care,” said Mr. J. IT. Luxford, S.M., to-day in the Magistrate’s Court when fining Williams and Sons, bakers, £5 and costs 17s on a charge of selling bread which, when weighed, was lighter than provided for in section 2G of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. The inspector of weights and measures, Mr, G. McKessar, prosecuted, and Mr. L. T. Burnard appeared for the defendants. Mr. McKessar said that lie had weighed the defendants’ bread on two occasions and found some of the 21b. loaves from 3 to 4oz. light. Mr. Burnard said it seemed clear that a mistake had been made by the men employed by Williams, probably the careless use of moulds that were specially made for the Procera bread. That would account for the short weight. Mr. Luxford said there was no suggestion that the defendants were attempting to defraud the public, but that it appeared to be carelessness.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 7
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171Sale of Short-weight Bread Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 7
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