MADE ITS MARK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue LXI, 12 July 1930, Page 13

MADE ITS MARK.

N.Z. POKK AND BACON. RECEPTION IN BRITAIN. . (By, Telegraph.—Special to " Star."), WELLINGTON,, this day. 1 A great chance for New Zealand pork and bacon exists in Britain, according to the Report of the Empire Marketing Board which has been received by the Department. of Scientific and Industrial Research. The opening is already "there, for New Zealand bacon has already made its mark. The feature of the report is a survey <of the demand for staple articles of food, such as cheese, butter, bacon and eggs, in the most densely populated industrial area of England The' result goes .to show that New Zealand bacon has made its way to the British breakfast table. It is regarded as well cured and of very reliable quality. Foreign bacon is widely sold in Britain, much coming from Denmark. The northern demand is for a lightly-cured, lean article, and consignments of New Zealand bacon, cured in England from consignments of Dominion frozen or chilled pork, have been placed on the market. Up to the present, trial shipments only have been made, but the results have proved so satisfactory that much more bacon- is to be treated in this manner. The Empire Marketing Board reports that four iarge firms have experimented with the New Zealand British-cured bacon, and have found the demand so good that, they have determined* to lodge bigger orders.

. Some satisfactory features emerge from the butter reports, which show that 'New Zealand butter has gained such a* good name in London and .the surrounding districts that some large firms have ceased to stock foreign competitive butters ' and are concentrating upon the Dominion product. On the north-east coast, however, where the great factory districts, are,, Danish butter still dominates the field.

Australian, Canadian and New Zealand cheese are marketed collectively m the North, and are sold as "Empire"' cheese. Imported coloured cheese used ltd come from the U.S.A., but this has : beeH driven off' the market.