New household products and standards, a cure worse than the complaint

Press, 2 June 1981, Page 16

New household products and standards, a cure worse than the complaint

New Mini-Fryer Breville have recently launched their new MiniFryer on to the. market. It is * a small, plug-in gadget that l won’t take up too much space on your kitchen bench. It will deep-fry anything from chips to a seafood tempura. It can even Serve - as a fondue. The non-stick, coating means easy cleaning,' and . the" tight-fitting ' lid means oil can be kept fresh and odourless when not being used. The mini-fryer uses a maximum of tliree cups of oil. The metal drainer enables you to cook batch after batch of chips when you have a crowd . of hungry kids. Recommended price, $46.95., Warning against cough remedy The Consumers’ Institute has just completed a survey on cough and cold remedies. The institute considers that Nyal lodised tablets should not be on the market for self-medication. The tablets contain both phenol and iodine which have toxic and irritant effects on the gastrointestinal stomach. .In other words, they upset your sto-

Anne Ingram mach' The institute claims the label on the tablets should include “Keep out of reach of children — continued use is dangerous. Do not use in pregnancy.” Bottle closure standard A standard covering childresistant bottle top closures is at present being, forihulated by a project committee, for the Standards Association. The committee will base its work on a Canadian standard which specifies a test involving 200 four-year-old children trying to get the tops off bottles. Members of the committee are concerned about the need for dexterity which some kinds; of closure demand. They consider that while the design should be. resistant • to the probing of

children, it should not be resistant to the fumblings of the elderly or arthritic. Kitset for • craftworkers A kitset of nine booklets for intending or -practising craftwbrkers is available from the Grafts Council of New Zealand, The kit has been written by Bevan Fitzsimons especially for people making articles by hand or without mass production. The booklets cover topics from finance and legal structure of businesses to personal relationships within a co-operative; ' Price, sl. Available from: The Crafts Council of New Zealand, P.O. Box 11-233, Wellington. New supermarket products . Tumblars are new, antistatic fabric softeners to use in your dryer. Each pack contains 20 perfumed tumblar pads. Just place one pad in the dryer on top of the washing and your laundry loans should be sweet smelling and soft without any static cling. Each pad can be | • used up to three-times. Pack}

e Haymarket Toast-a Pizzas f are small, frozen, pizza-like snacks. Each pack contains six baby pizzas made of a bread crust base with a tasty pizza filling. To.prepare, just toast, fry or grill. Pack price An