PURE MILK.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12764, 28 March 1907, Page 2

PURE MILK.

* CASKS IX CX)URT. Tlio appearance of two <l.iirymon beforo Mr Jiishop, »S.M., on Tuesday wes the occasion tor a littlo instruction on tho subject ot' a pure millc supply. Mr T. W. iStringcr (for tho Jnspt-ctor of Dairies) informed tho Court that William lticharde, who liad just pleaded "fiuilty ,, to celling milk which was not puro milk, had not adulterated the milk, but hnd eirnply failed to mix it properly. 'Iho .Mngietrate: Mix it? Mix it with what.'' Mr Ktrinfter wont on to explain that, whin tho butter lit ro*«» to Iho top of tho milk in a vessel, the milk below ceased to ho of tho required standard, and it was with soiling milk of. this description that tho uccusod stood charged. Accused was fined 20s and costs. Mr Cassid.v, appearing for Thomas McCallmn, who had admitted adding boric acid his milk, said that tho acid was us*>d eimply as a preservative It was very generally employed for that purpose, and w;ie believed to bo harmless. Indeed, an attempt had lxM?n miido in England to legalise its use. Mr Stringer, on the other hand, stated that tho best medical opinion was that, while boric acid need in this nay might not injuriously affect adults, who did not ueo milk in great quantities, it wie liable to be deleterious to infitnte and invalids, ot whoso diet milk formed a very large part. The mo6t serious feature of the uso of euch preservatives, however, was that they could conceal decomposition when it had actually taken place. On tho charge of adding boric acid to cream, the defendant was fined 40e and costs. Tho charge of celling milk which wm not pure milk (referring to the came offence) wae dismissed.