COUNCIL'S POLICY

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 25, 29 July 1932, Page 9

COUNCIL'S POLICY

AGAINST STANDARD-

ISATION

~ 'The Milk Department's policy has from the first been that standardisation down to a determined butter-fat con: tent /cannot be entertained, and for two reasons. In the first place", .the Health regulations provide .that' the milk shall be the "normal, clean, and fresh, secretion obtained by completely empty the udder of a healty cow, etc."; that is, that nothing shall be extracted nor added; and,.secondly, it is considered that only by, full asßur-j ance that there, is no interference with fat content will consumers-be satisfied.

: Overseas, standardisation is accepted practice, but in New Zealand that is not: so, though probably it is practised to some extent by some vendors..

As Mr. Campbell .points out, the cream content-in milk supplied by the City Council is very high. Tho stands ard required by the Government regulations is" 3.25 per cent. In the early winter ■months the cream content in milk supplied from the factory averages, over a period, as high:as 4.7 per cent., but in the: early summer months it may fall-to-3.8 per cent., again an average, over a period. The average for tho year works out at 4.2 per, cent.