GAS DANGER TO FOOD

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 14 (Supplement)

GAS DANGER TO FOOD

- INFORMATION regarding pro- £ 1 tection of foodstuffs against i contamination by poison gas in t time of war is given in a pamph--3 let issued by the Air Raid Precautions Department of the British , Home Office. 1 It is stated that foodstuffs, for the most part, absorb gas readily, and if' j badly contaminated would have to be ) destroyed. The protective value of dif- * ferent types of packing materials is T shown. These range from containers 2 such as hermetically sealed glass . bottles, or tins "which, when undamaged,

give complete protection to ordinary sacks, such as are used for flour or grain, which give practically no protection. If it is necessary, in an emergency to stack foodstuffs in open dumps or depots, they should be covered by large tarpaulins. Open stores of grain and fodder. should be similarly protected. Shopkeepers are told that when an air raid warning has been received the shop should be completely closed up to keep out .poison gas. Close-fitting doors, windows or shutters will be required. Stocks should be stored in such a way as to prevent any gas which may enter the shop from penetrating to the food.