EXPORT OF BUTTER

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 45, 17 November 1936, Page 8

EXPORT OF BUTTER

Consignments in Saranac Boxes ALUMINIUM WRAPPERS Regulations Issued under the Primary Products Marketing Act passed during the recent session of Parliament, prohibit the export of butter from New Zealand in the quarter-inch Saranac box after February 1 next, unless the butter is wrapped in aluminium foil. This action has been taken by the authorities in view of complaints from London concerning mould growth on butter arriving there in Saranaboxes. At the present time there is a deduction of 3d. a box for butter packed in the quarter-inch Saranac box. The Primary Products Marketing Department Is authorised in the regulations to allow users of the Saranac box IJd. a box, provided the butter is packed in aluminium foil as required. The effect of this is that exporters using the Saranac boxes will lose Ijd. per box as compared with those using the standard of sub-standard box. Although the use of aluminium foil for wrapping butter packed in Saranac boxes is mandatory after February 1, the department is prepared to pay immediately the extra IJd. pe r box for butter in Saranac boxes packed in accordance with the regulations. The butter is to be wrapped In a wrapper comprising a strip of aluminium foil between two pieces of white parchment paper.