BORIC ACID
USE IN BUTTER MAY BE STOPPED.
(DKITEO. PMSS ASSOCIATION.—COPTMOBT.) UUSTaAUAN-NIW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received 2Gth November, 9 a.m.) ■• LONDON, 2«h November. . ,lhe Y°"" ral, ttee appointed by the Ministry of Health in July to investigate tne .use of preservatives in food, is approuchaxg the end of its labours. There is considerable apprehension among butter importers that the Committee may recommend the prohibtion of the use of boni: acid to preserve butter. This apprehension arises from various views on the subject expressed by members of the Committee when examining witnesses.
The abolition of the use of boric acid would be a tremendous blow to the New Zealand and Australian butter industry and the suggestion is made that the producers should take action in the matter, tor years the amount of boric acid allowed in butter has been 0.5 pev cfent and when the matter was last under discussion medical evidence was given to k show that this quantity was quite harmless. One doctor testified that he had taken one gram of boric acid daily without any ill effect.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 127, 26 November 1923, Page 7
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179BORIC ACID Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 127, 26 November 1923, Page 7
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