Breaches of the Dairy Act.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9022, 8 January 1908, Page 5

Breaches of the Dairy Act.

IMPURE MILK. | CHRISTCHURCH, January 7. j Two dairymen appeared before Mr [ H. W. Bishop, S.M., at the Police Court, .this morning, each charged with two breaches of the Dairy In-, dustry Acc 1898. One man was fined 203 for selling impure milk, and a further 20s for using unclean milk cans, and the other was also fined 40s on charges of failing to cool his milk for human consumption and milking cows in sheds which were not kept in a clean condition a3 specified by the Act. During the hearing of the 6ases the Dairy Inspector, in answer to a question by the Magistrate, stated that he had 600 sheds to inspect, and he had one assistant. In connection with the last case, it was probably four months since his previous visit.' The Magistrate: "A plade might get mighty bad in four months." Continuing, Mr Bishop remarked that the requirements of the Act would have to be complied with by dairymen. Breaches ot the Act did fiot vory often come before the Court, and the natural inference was that dairymen were satisfactorily fulfilling the requirements of the law. It was absolutely essential for the protection of the public that the milk supply should be kept pure.JJand when any future charges of selling impure milk came before him, and he was satisfied that such milk was a menace to the health of the community, he wouid deem it his duty to inflict a severe penalty. •