DOMINION VEAL.

Putaruru Press, 5 January 1928, Page 6

DOMINION VEAL.

AUTHORITIES SATISFIED. Discussion in the newspapers of the Dominion concerning the killing of calves and the export of veal has found a repercussion in some British journals. Unfortunately, some editors seize upon such a discussion in * mischievous spirit, and, writing in ignorance of the facts, they'are apt to do damage to the reputation of the Dominion. Apart from such mischievous paragraphs, however, a statement appears in the City Press, which, having an official origin, is worthy of note. In the course of a report on the subject of calves to the Port of London Authority, Dr. Willoughby, Medical Officer of Health to the Port, wrote: “On September 5, a sample consignment of 30 bags arrived from New Zealand. Five bags were thawed out and examined in the Dock Store by an officer of this Authority. In each carcase examined the pleura was missing. The remaining 25 bags had gone to Nelson Wharf. Your Medical Officer requested the importer to have this veal transferred to a cold store within the City of London for an examination, This was done, and on September 9 your Medical Officer, with Dr. Hancock, of the 'Ministry of Health, inspected

some of the meat at Smithfceld Market. This sample consignment was not a - eeptable from the point of view of ease of examination, and also Irom the fact that the pleural surface was stripped from each carcass. ’ ’

It appears than no complaints have ever reached the Meat Producers* Board, and certainly all consignments (weighing from 1121 b. to 1201 b. each) arrived on October G by the Tamaroa. The Matatua brought 1094 bags, tho Rimutaka 377 bags, and the RuahinO 1904 bags. All these consignments have been examined and released, and the meat has been bought up by the manufacturers. It therefore appears that the authorities here are quite satisfied with the produce, and no further criticism seems to be merited.