MOISTURE IN BUTTER

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 133, 3 July 1909, Page 2

MOISTURE IN BUTTER

>» FUKXJUJtt (OMW, AINU'S, Heteived July 2, 10.20 'London, Tile iK-u ji.iJH'i- " Ujocer" inence lu wie reports'of mc ill ->e\v Zealand butter, Hit- (.iovermiient lor not Kxpori Act while granting Lilitiiu'a, when tut.' that luudi of the butter from mouth and Auckland showed an^^^H Private advices by last week's mail (sajs the Australasian week) suite thut aimeeting of lion Chamber ot Commerce 13th iliiy, at 'which the cessive moisture ill New Australian butter was dealt oUli complaints were made members ot tile tlmm-ber who to the provision trade. that the trouble occurred JWI ally wiih Xe.v Zealand jutter, which, j they ai..'g. il, showed moisture to the extent ui HjafjMtfcr cent., a great I increase as with the" butter maikeu.l in They aUo pointed out doing great harm to the butter. It is of this kind should be with a valuable it is to l>e hoped tliiit will be fu"y f Pure Foods Act and Act liutfy the amount butter t (y*nl per cent., is' exceeded the of the product might to years; colonial for their low and it seems hardly are now indulging in of adulteration, fOjvßt is what the charge amounts to. A matter of faet, butter-fakers in EnJßml have every seas!on, for years past'gmrclmsed large quantities of Australian butter in order to use it in the manufacture of bogus butter, because tie low percentage of moisture in it-rfrom 10 to 12 per cent.—rendered it peculiarly valuable for the purpose ;bf their trade. During the past seaeot] 711 samples of Victorian butter wore ifiitlysed, and tJiey slimvcd an average JWiVture content of only 13.09 per eeot, ' ' 1 The allegation, New Zealtad tatter are exaggfratcij (states the dairy cditpr of Wellington r l]mes). It is gej'er. ally admitted New butter 'has been moister this yea! than in previous seasons, but careful i, wtitcli has qeen j kept bv the iiiitlioritie-. and very little butter bus been detects! exceeding the standard. The butter samples tjiken from bulk at random for one of the competitions at the "ationaL. Dairy Show last week had moi->tnr(: contents' ranging from 10.48 up to 15.70. Onlj; five of the 31 samples exceeded 11 per cent.