FOOD PARCELS CRITICISED

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25304, 2 October 1947, Page 6

FOOD PARCELS CRITICISED

GOODS ON LABELS NOT INCLUDED

“POSITION MIGHT BE

WATCHED ’’ (Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.)

(Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, September 30. Criticism of the packing of New Zealand food parcels by firms in the Dominion has been referred unofficially to the High Commissioner in London (Mr W. J. Jordan). The comment is made that many parcels sometimes do not contain the goods listed on the labels. “I examined some of the parcels as a result of these criticisms,” said Mr Jordan, “and there is no doubt that some firms, and -one Auckland firm in particular, are not including in the parcels the goods as labelled. “For instance, I have seep la J? e J s merely marked ‘honey, meat, fifh, cheese,’ and giving no price. ,Tney do not contain cheese and evidently whole toheroas are regarded as fish. Many people in England do not know how to cook or use toheroas, and so cannot make use of them. “I have also seen labels indicating that dripping to the value of Is lOd is in the parcel, but inside there has only been a half-pound tin- . , x . “I think the position might be watched, since many New Zealanders are paying for gift and apparently the people they are intended for are not receiving the goods whlbh the buyers are evidently assured will be put in the parcels,” said Mr Jordan. “I would like to emphasise that there is no complaint from the people who receive the parcels. They are deeply grateful for them-”