WHEY BUTTER.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1915, Page 5

WHEY BUTTER.

FOREIGN CONSUMERS TO BB ' * PROTECTED. " ; " v By Telegraph.—Special to Daily Neirft Wellington,. Last Night. , According to a statement made In tka' 1 House of Representatives on Tuesday by the Minister for Agriculture (Hon. W. "i D. S. Mac Donald), the AgricoHanl TM* partment is going to protect BritUU l ') consumers against "whey butter," a bye- , product of the cheese factories. Thla : butter must have its nature indicated ;• on the brand if it is intended for export, but no such restriction is to apply if ths butter is intended for home consumption, '/ There seems to be little doubt that, • under these conditions, the .inferior ; butter will be retained in New Zealand. . Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald, referring to ' this matter to-day, said that various cheese factories have been given permia> :■ sion to brand whey butter as factory butter," one condition being that a giod standard was maintained, but this eon- ■'< dition had not been fulfilled,, and since . it was absolutely necessary that the ' export butter should be property. t described, the Department haq issued * instructions that, in future, the produot must be branded as "whey butter." Mr. G. J. Anderson (Matauxa); Will . the butter intended for the local marked , be branded? Mr. Mac Donald: It is only intended tsj •" brand butter for export. , '}