PEOPLE’S FOOD.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1926, Page 1

PEOPLE’S FOOD.

I’BOSECT'TIONS BY HEALTH DFI’AUTAIFNT.

CHI'JSTCHCRCH, January l>o. Several cases of public interest wore beard in the l.owcr Court yesterday before Mr 11. A. Young S.Af. Feeding swine on unboiled offal was a charge in answer to which .Frederick Black, Chaney’s Corner, farmer, pleaded guilty. Prosecuting lor the Health DeparU moot, .Mr A. \V. Brown said that pigs had been seen devouring a dead horse, which had not been boiled, in Black’s place, and several old horses were also seen in the vicinity. “ This was merely an isolated instance,” said Air F. AY. Johnston, for the defendant, and wont on to sav that Black purchased horses to boil down for food for his pigs. That accounted for the number of old horses about the place. I-Te had the boiling-down apparatus on the place, but on the day the offence was committed be was in the country, and one of bis employees had omitted to boil the dead horse. Mis Worship convicted, and fined Black A'o am! costs. On a charge of having sold milk which did not comply with flic standard. Noel B. AYilliams. milk vendor. Christchurch, was ordered to' pay costs. For a similar offence Charles C. AYalker. milkman. Christchurch, was fined Co and costs. Described as being the first case brought in Christchurch under the regulations, the one in which the Star Stores. Ltd., Christchurch, admitted having sold a brand of cocoa which did not comply with the standard, caused some interest. ‘‘The inspector just selected a tin of cocoa from the Star Stores and had it analysed,” said Mr A. AY. Brown, for the Health Department. On defendant’s behalf, Mr TC. AT. Gresson said the tin of cocoa fwhich was of a well-known brand) was an imported product, and that the Star Stores had bought it in good faith, unaware that the cocoa did not comply with the requirements of the New Zealand law. As the tin had been imported. the Star Stores were the only pcople for the Department to prosecute because there were no New Zealand agents for the firm which made the cocoa.

“ Convicted and ordered to pay costs,” said the Magistrate.

Charged with having carried food unprotected from impurities, Francis Mortimer, L. A. Woodward, and Samuel Walls, all Christchurch bakers, were each ordered to pay costs.