BONELESS MEAT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 10

BONELESS MEAT.

SOMEyaifTERESTING .CORRESPONDENCE; •Voluminous-correspondence between the Government and tho Home authorities dealing with the stopping of the importation of bonoa meat into tho United Kingdom;; *as presented to Parliament yesterday. The correspondence be-' - gin's in January, 1908, and ends in April of this' ' year.,- - " -'■ '. . ■ .:' ■'. ■:, ; '-. ': In a letter dated February 11, 1909, the Hon. W. Hall-Jones deals.with tho final position of the matter in a letter to the Prime Minister. ' ;He,states that in .company witliMr:.A...Cralilv ■ -veterinary -.officer,' he.had eepn, the Hon..' John : "Bunis/'PrcSiident .if: I 'the ; liocal '~ GovernmentBoard, and showed him that if the present in- .- terpretatiou of the regulations were rigidly ad- : hored'.toit. would effectually stop tho-importa-tion from New Zealand of at least such' organs as kidneys and sweetbreads. Mr. Hall-Jones; ' had pointed out that • the articles mentioned ; only stand separate freezing for'a few. weeks, ■and that .'on account, of. its distance, from Eng-: land, New Zealand would , :, be placed l dt a decided disadvantage,' whereas' other"aiid foreign 'countries-'wonld -reap the benefit. Mr. Burns; had replied that the matter had been consid-; erddfrom every -point of view,' with'the result thdt"itiWas deemed-most desirable in the . in-: terests ,of' the consumer in ! Britafa' that the . various organs .should: be.inspected.; by peteht'dfficers at thp port of arrival, that New' • Zealand'was'the ,only .objecting country, all others having accepted the'position, and-that : W'tould"not's'eb',his way tp.mako any excep- > tionvin favour, of New. Zealand.. ... •■'' j Mi , .-'-Hall-Jones;-.'in- liis letter to , tho Prime' ; ;Mihister, explained that it would be 'necessary, for all small organs, etc., to bo so packed that; oni arrival they;would ,bo:. in 'a condition'-for separate This, he added, would W very:inadvisable, as they would ' present ' : h' flabby .and uninviting appearance, and their': , keeping.;;qualities,,would- be' impaired. : .These, 1 conditions, apply toj, such articles -as kidneys,' : . sweetbreads,, 'tflngnjsj '■;;.. cheeks, 'skirts,■ ''■'liyers,* plucks, etc. Oh-Ap'ril 7,,.l9o9,'the"Prime 'Min- ■ ister. cabled to Mr. Hall-Jones: "Havo Local. Government' medical officers reported kidneys? . Trust'favourable present system; packing otli-j erwise' very detrimental industry; companies still shipping in bulk expecting get fourteen. days,' notice before altering." The'.'final-'item' i. in;tho.,(;orrtsp9ndence;.is ft-" , cablegrato'frbm- the 1 L High .Cdminissioner 'dated^-April- ; 30: .^Fpreißir ' 4'eatJre"giilß-§ons.;i;' : No■.alteration; buti.new^ioirj * 'cular-'iss'tt'ett"''by'Local' GSvertiment.'Board vsug- .. Best9,;:.firstl,y, sheep, lamb, and pig kidneys to be packed in two layorsj and not' top' 'compressed,;' {Secondly,■ -sweetbread in.'thin layers, ■ 'not','in'6ro' ; than-2i-.inches.deep. '"Thirdly,: all--1 'other organs"'separate'.'oil ■ arrival, , "'to'■ facilitato- ■: insppction'-this. end.,, Importers, will- bo in- " formed, accordingly."'s.' ?t : '' ':'' ■