ACCIDENTAL BREACH

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 946, 12 April 1930, Page 6

ACCIDENTAL BREACH

FINE OF £2 FOR MILK BELOW STANDARD Charles Free, a milkman, with a good reputation going back 18 years, was fined £2 and costs at the Police Court yesterday for selling milk below standard. It was stated that the poorness of the sample taken by the inspector was due to the carelessness of the girl employed in the dairy in neglecting to stir up the milk. Mr. Sullivan appeared for Free and pleaded guilty. He apologised for the absence of defendant but explained that he had been up all last night working and would be up again tonight. He was at present in bed. Inspector Furness said he had been taking samples of milk from dairies. The sample from Free’s shop had been taken in the morning and was given to the inspector by the girl in the dairy. The reason for the unsatisfactory nature of the sample was carelessness in not having the milk stirred. It was not due to the adding of water or any adulteration. Free’s reputation was good. According to Mr. Sullivan defendant had been in business 18 years and had an excellent reputation. His milk was recommended by the Karitane Home and a doctor in the City who was a child specialist. If the girl in the dairy had been experienced the breach would not have occurred. Twenty tests of Free’s milk had been taken in the last 18 years and they had all been satisfactory.