No Reconstituted Milk

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31772, 31 August 1968, Page 8

No Reconstituted Milk

In the present state of dairy technology and marketing arrangements, introduction of reconstituted milk in the town milk industry was unlikely and the Milk Board had been advised that he did not wish any further consideration of the subject, the Under - Secretary for Agriculture, Mr D. J. Carter, told the annual conference of the Town Milk Producers’ Federation.

A technical committee of the board had reported that recombined milk blended with fresh milk was feasible, and a 40 per cent proportion of reconstituted milk would be indistinguishable from normal town milk. It could achieve a saving in the milk subsidy. However, if an option of choice of either ordinary pasteurised milk or a blend of reconstituted and fresh milk was offered to consumers, it was unlikely there would be more than a jc difference in price. Handling the two products at once would create distribution and other problems and there would be little saving.

If that option of choice was provided there would be consequently little saving in subsidy. The Government would not deny consumers the right of that choice, Mr Carter said.