THE DAIRY INDUSTRY BILL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4185, 6 August 1892, Page 2

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY BILL.

Its Provisions, j The Ifairy industry Bill of the * ■Minister for Agriculture provides, that the Governor may frame regular tiohs for the conduct of the dairy industry and appoint inspectors, who shall have full powers' under the Adulteration Prevention Act, and rpaj ppei) any package of butter or cheese to discover whether it is falsely branded, and to take samples far analysis. Every maker of butter and cheese for export will be required to register a trade mark and mark all bis produce for export with it, under a penalty not exceeding £5 for each article unmarked, Any owner of a dairy manufacturing not less than 1500 pounds of pure milk into cheese or butter daily will be ontitled to mark his product as "factory" or "creamery" made, provided his dai% ' passes a satisfactory inspection. Anyone exporting butter or cheese not properly marked and graded shall bo liable to a maximum 'penalty" of £lQf| Penalties'are djlutipn pr adulteration to any factory or for supplying a, factory with skitr, or sour' rqilk," or selling mijkfrpm diseased stock, Inspectors may require milk to bo submitted to analysis, and to seouro a conviction it.shall be sufficient to establish by lactometor or cream guago test that the milk complained of ~ is substantially, inferior in quality to pure milk, Penalties are provided for any obstruction to inspectors, and provision is made by which the evidence of accused, their hnsband, or wives, shall be conipeteut and compellable. ■ All.penalties are to be recovered summarily, and one-half . nay be paid to the persons supplying' information,.: >