MILK AND CREAM IN BRITAIN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 171, 13 April 1908, Page 3

MILK AND CREAM IN BRITAIN.

In the British House of Commons recently, ■ Mr. Courthopo asked the' President ..of'tho Local Government Board from what con 11- •• fresh milk and cream were imported; whether' satisfactory regulations . were.i.in •force, in the, countries of .origin providing for..the. sanitary, conditions under which such milk and cream were produced and handled; ■ and' whether, he would make stringent regulations,; for the ,inspection; and examination of imported milk and cream at the ports of Mr. Burns replied, "Ordinarilythe supply of fresh' milk , from/.abroad js 'insignificant, but owing to: a .shortage.!,in: home/supplies there .has . been an exceptional importation during the last few./'weeks. :.? The, quantity ■ ; of fresh milk imported: iiu the fireV .seven '. .weeksVofvthisyear-• 697 .cwti',',isj'compared, with , 15. cwt. in the corresponding weeks of list year, . , whilst -of cream the 1 quantity , imported .'. was'; 1172 cwt., as com- ■' pared with 690 cwt. The milk is imported from France; and landed Vat Southampton. The cream Comes from France, Russia, Nor- ■ way, the . Netherlands, Belgium, • and 1 the; Argentine ; Republic, and is landed ./at; London, .■Harwich,'' Hull,. Newhaven, Newcastle, Southampton, Leith,-; and •,Grangemouth::■ The' in-' . formation in my possession is-not sufficient 1' to enable me to', say; how far satisfactory regulations are in, force in the' countries of origin as; to/the sanitary: conditions under which the niilk and cream are produced and handled. I am arranging to ; have some ; samples of imported milk, examinedas to ■ bacterial: fcontarbination andi presence of dirt, and I will give| consideration to' the; subject of regulations in relation to both: milk and. ; ' .'cream.'' t:' ' "