EVIDENCE

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30284, 9 November 1963, Page 11

EVIDENCE

Sergeant W. E. Burns, officer in charge of Castlemain police, said there was a weakness In the visual inspection method between washing and bottling at Bendigo Bottlers Direct visual inspection and watching reflections in a mirror were involved. An employee could not watch both bottle and reflection at once, and contaminated bottles could escape detection, he told the Coroner’s Court. The managing-director of Bendigo Bottlers, Mr P. G. Reed, said the £ll,OOO bottlewasher was the best available. He said he did not know how anything could be done to prevent such an occurrence. Three or four bottles in a thousand came through the first wash with traces of a foreign substance, and were rejected, Mr Reed said. Kevin James Sheam. a health officer with the Bendigo City Council, said the bottle washing was “proper and adequate.” Human weakness could cause a dirty bottle to be missed at an inspection point between washing and filling, he said. Reference To Commission W2 Press Area.—Commahti MELBOURNE. November 8. The Minister for Heeltn, Mr Mack, said today that the Coroner's report would be referred to the Health Commission for consideration.