POTATO INSPECTION.
'' THE SYSTEM /EXPLAINED. \ - •In. regard to. the'.inspiection of potatoes, the Minister- Agriculture' .(the Hon. R. M'Nabl states thatthe practice .with : New 'Zealand-grown''potatoes ~>is "not'--to inspect them ..across the wharves; -but .this does not mean' that i,inspection is not j carried out at all. It .would: bo imi»ssible, except at great expense,- to' : have ; .-an. inspector every '■ small: port ; to which potatoes are . shipped. With tho over-sea -article; it ,is different, because importation • is>,-mado only -to ports, where inspectors -under., tho Orchard and Garden Pests Acfcaro stationed. - But an inspector has instructions-.to be observed at all. times, and to detect, the existence, of disease in, potatoes ~or. fruit'.'wherever, .these .-articles aro' exposed for. sale. This inspection, which is understood {to' be' rigid, f is quite, apart from any that is earned out under the'Hcalth Department;,'and is for tho detection and prevention of; disease;
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 195, 12 May 1908, Page 3
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