BAD EGGS MARKETED

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 33, 9 February 1943, Page 5

BAD EGGS MARKETED

(0.C.) WELLINGTON, this day. The immediate future, it would appear, would be an excellent time for a general election, judging by the state of the egg market. Grocers and dealers were promised some little time ago an increase in their quota, and now they fcave got it, but quality is stated to be far from what it ought to be. 'Customers and grocers have complained but the Marketing Division has informed retailers that there can be no replacements. It has been suggested that the offending eggs are importations from Australia, which were chilled for transit and which have been deteriorated. Questioned on the matter, the Minister of Marketing (Mr. Barclay) said that some Australian eggs had been put on the market, but before being delivered to retailers they had all been tested and graded and were in first-class order when they were s.ent out. It was not correct to say that eggs could not be replaced. t Combined Distributors replaced any eggs that retailers could prove were not in first-class order when delivered. Mr. Barclay also said that in weather such as had been experienced lately eggs, if not used quickly, would deteriorate. It was probable that chilled eggs from Australia would be more affected tl.-an others if they were not used promptly.