CORNWALL’S MEAT

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 232, 27 June 1932, Page 9

CORNWALL’S MEAT

Harmless Staining of Wrappers

London, June 24

. It. has been arranged to make an analysis of the Cornwall's frozen carcases. Only 200 to 300 out of 7000 consigned to Bristol and Liverpool are involved. It is believed that the damage is mostly harmless staining of the wrappers.

A cable message from London last Tuesday stated that an examination of 13.666 carcases of New Zealand lamb and mutton discharged at Avonmouth showed that many were stained with arsenic, which had apparently dripped from hides stored in the hold above. Both Wellington and Auckland hide exporters denied that arsenic was used in connection with the curing of New Zealand hides, staling that it was not only of no benefit u> the hides but was actually detrimental to the grain of the hide, pure commercial salt only being used in curing hides. A suggestion was made at the time by one exporting firm that calcium chloride from the brine pumps in the refrigerated sections of the ship might have stained the meat. The yellow stain thus caused is somewhat similar to that made by arsenic.