VACUUM PACKING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 177, 28 July 1928, Page 21

VACUUM PACKING.

I ;i icpolt of the factor\ managers' • i ;i;i;s I c« ■iiu.-icni! notice tliat a .\lr. J. : Murray. <>t' Palmer-toii North. was • i<-[ i<uiiui."' nil tin- merits of vacuum pack- ; iirj l«>r IniUi'r and ehee-e. and said lie ' con-iderert tin- process hart nothing to ! recommend it. 1 think- that this should | In- jriveii unqualified denial. as 'suits of te-t- already made prove ::!;is pre ice-s very mi t i-fact ory. This <■}>illi■ 'ii i- hrlil bv uumerou- others, and : ! quote from P.' O. Yeale, JS.A.. M.Sc.. \ j-eicnti-t to the Fedora tion of Taranaki ( o-(,]n>rative Dairies. Jfawera. who frays t hat lie lias plea-me in giving hi- opinion. ! namely, that transfer of milk a!i.i cream and export of butter and i lu'<'-e In- feel- that i; is no exaggeration jto -; ate thai t lie va hie •'f the vaeiltliu -ealill'j proee--. lo i.iiir 'dairy industrv ran Jiarrtly be| ! o\er-e«-t iniatert. -Y!r. Yealc has made I te-t- of ehee-e exteiiditi'j over a period | j of nine nioiitii-. which were undertaken. 1 I to a-eertain whether the \aciiiini proee-s] ; would tie -ueees-fnl when applied lo ship-' : I: a•!11 ui ehee-e for export, and after -ixj :: i.nth-' te.-iin-j he found that the -brink-i aire wa- slightly less than a quarter of a pound per ehet—e. and wa- measurable I for the fir-t time, that there wa- no trace ! of mould growth. and the exterior ot'the eiiee-e wa- a- clean a- when packed. The i in-dy ot the ehee-e wa- agreeably moist i and in excellent condition, and there wysi • no development of uneatable rind, and no .apparent variation in colour fir texture | from tin' interior to the extreme outside; the content of moisture, fat and protein j was quite noimal and in keeping with I previous analysis. thus proving that no I decomposition or other ;iJmormal change i hart been induc-cd by the system of vacuum packing. The cheeses after liavi imj been opened were submitted to wellj known -jraditej expert-, who said the I : llavottr wa- perfectly clean ami sound. [ I!:o taint- hail developed, and ripening -T.ol proceeded nor;uallv. H. !■:. * 00KK. i