SALE OF BREAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 285, 1 December 1932, Page 23

SALE OF BREAD.

In Saturday's issue of the Star an article appeared under the heading "Science and Dough," giving an account of modern baking methods, particularly those methods used to ensure the hygienic manufacture of tread. It at once occurred to me that the article might have been followed by another on the beet means of handling the bread so as to ensure its delivery to the consumer in a wholesome condition and hygienic manner. It may not be known to the public generally that bakers must not store any kerosene, turpentine, benzine, soap, sand eoap or similar commodities in tne vicinity of the bakehouse, as bread, owing to its epongy nature, easily absorbs such impurities as may contaminate food. Yet we find that bread is being gold in grocers' and other shops where it is displayed in close proximity perhaps to a pile of bars of eoap, or some such articles, and is handled by shop/assistants who have previously been ! weighing out potatoes or other vegetables grown with the help of artifiefal manures. Then, also, the baker, when delivering bread, is bound to keep it in a covered basket. But does the grocer who delivers a loaf of bread with an order, in which soap or other similar articles are included, keep it separate or covered? -When the consumer tastes kerosene in his bread he blames the baker, not the grocer. Why not eliminate the middleman and ensure the delivery in a hygienic manner of a wholesome loaf? By eo doing wo would provide employment for several hundred more men, who at present are unable to find work. 1 JVHOLESOMir^KREAQ.