ENGLAND RECEIVES MILK FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

Shannon News, 13 February 1923, Page 2

ENGLAND RECEIVES MILK FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

A ten-gallon can of fresh milk treated by the Jonas Neilson system of pasteurization has just arrived in London from South Africa, according to a newspaper report sent to the Department of Commerce by its London representative. After searching practi-‘ cal as well as bacteriological and chemical examinations by emineit dairy and scientific authorities, it was declared equal in flavour and attractiveness to the best English milk, and free from every “trace of hurtful bacteria and chemical preservatives. , Exhaustive tests also proved that the fat content, rose j as cream in .a thoroughly normal man- j ner, and that the keeping qualities of i both cream and milk were riot affected ; up to seventy Two hours ’ exposure to j the heat and atmosphere of a London I office. The authorities in question con- j sider, as a result of this experiment, I that whole milk can be sent.around the world without losing its freshness or nutritive properties.