SHORT-WEIGHT BUTTER.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 82, 7 April 1913, Page 6

SHORT-WEIGHT BUTTER.

SALES BY PATS. HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S NEW PRECAUTION. (By Telegrapn.—Own Correspondent.) # WELLINGTON this day. Short-weight as substitution is a>l evil provided againet in the new food regulations, and there has already been an interesting development in the retail butter business, as a result of what the housewife gete in response to her order for a pound of butter ie often a pat an ounce, or even two ounces, short of a pound weight. The wholesalere who put up butter in pats for groeere have had warnings over this practice from the Health Department, but they met the position by advertising their brande for sale at bo much per pat, instead of per pound. Now they have received a further checkmate in the new regulations, which prescribe that the net weight muet be shown on the wrapper. They may continue under istresa of competition to cut the price of pate, but the cautious housewife need not be misled into, thinking she is getting cheaper butter. If the weight docs not coincide ■with that specified on the wrapper a complaint to the local health inspector will probably have good resulte.