BUTCHERS AND BAKERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 265, 30 March 1911, Page 2

BUTCHERS AND BAKERS.

' To the Editor. Sir, —I should like to draw attention to the somewhat distasteful habits of manv —or the majority—of the above. Some bakers advertise that their breail stands for "cleanliness and purity"; others say their ''methods are the cleanest, not having to handle the dough"; but they don't seem to" mind handling ■the bread with hands not at all savory. I have seen bakers in and out of the bakery handling dirty old pipes, cutting and moulding their tobacco, smoking pipes and cigarettes, and also on their rounds. The handling of provisions for consumption by people of such habits whilst so engaged is simply repulsive to anyone with fair sanitary ideas. Why can't butchers and bakers do without their smoke during business time, the same as other tradesmen do, such as grocers, drapers, etc.? It certainly should not be tolerated in the former case. I could give the name of a shopkeeper in whose bread I found the end of a cigarette. At first I thought it was a currant, but discovered it was "no plum." Another baker's bread contained a very deep cutting of a finger nail. Hoping these, remarks will promote more care and thought where they apply in any way—l am, etc., " CONSIDER THE LADIES."