THE PEOPLE’S FOOD.
WHOLESALE DAILY SWINDLES.
SHORT-WEIGHT PACKAGES,
LONDON, January 1.
The Food Council has issued a white paper revealing the extent of the practice of giving short weight in foodstuffs.
Mr Cole, inspector of weights iaiid measures at Manchester, declares that 90 per cent, of .the principal! foods, including made-up packages and bags, are generally short weightPeas originally packed in lib packages were later dropped to 10oz without intimation .to the public that the packet itself was remaining the same size. When retailers, are accused of selling short weight they retorted that they were selling by package and not by weight. The council urged that giving short weight should be a penal offence, and that the weight should appear on the packet.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4921, 4 January 1926, Page 2
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123THE PEOPLE’S FOOD. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4921, 4 January 1926, Page 2
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