ADULTERATED MILK.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 59, 14 June 1916, Page 7

ADULTERATED MILK.

J*EU PBKfW ASSOCIATION. Wellington, June J 3. Mr Cooper, S.M.', to-day hearll a case, wherein the, Wellington P&W' Company Was charged nit!) selling adulterated mini'. ' The defence stated itiiat the Company received supplies from an ("pper H.utt farmer whoso sons had gone to the war. The farmer discovered that a farm hand had been stealing milk, replacing it with water. On one occasion the farmer saw Ids man pour milk into a can winch already contained a gallon of water. The farmer was afraid to remonstrate, as the man would probably have left, and it was difficult to get another assistant. Counsel for the prosecution said that the responsibility for testing milk rested on the vendors. In the presentease the added water amounted to thirteen per cent. If vendors were willing to take risks by not having the milk tested, they must not complain if they found themselves in trouble. The Magistrate said that the public must be, protected, but in view of the exceptional circumstances, the light penalty of ''JOs would be imposed.