MOISTURE IN BUTTER.
STATEMENT/BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE.
TPRii Press Association.] WELLINGTON, October 16. In the House last night, the Hon. T. Mackenzie, referring to the statements made regarding moisture in butter, said that the attitude of the Government had been taken up in consequence of the decision of the British importers not’ to allow’ more than 16 per cent, of moisture in butter. The results of analysis showed that an excess of moisture existed as high as 33 per cent. The Department had no wish to push cases to a prosecution,, hut merely to warn exporters to comply with the law. Attention had been called to the fact that butter imported into Britain from New Zealand contained as high as 25 per cent, of moisture.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2635, 18 October 1909, Page 6
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126MOISTURE IN BUTTER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2635, 18 October 1909, Page 6
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