DRIED FOOD

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1942, Page 1

DRIED FOOD

Growing Exports to Britain FROM AUSTRALIA AND N.Z. 1 (Rec. 6.30.) CANBERRA. June 28. Dry butter is now being exported from Australia to England as a nonrefrigerated cargo. Following difficulties relating to refrigerated snipping space experiments were made as to the possibility of shipping butter as ordinary cargo, and the idea was advanced that carriage in this manner would be more successful were the .water extracted. After experiments by the Department of Commerce, in association, with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research process was evolved, and the export of dry butter fat. without refrigeration is now being undertaken. dertaken. '

(Special) LONDON, June 27. The first ton of New Zealand dried meat has reached England in good condition.. The Ministry of Food has distributed it between caterers, who are reporting to the Ministry, probably this week. Reports from scientific quarters already indicate that it is very satisfactory. The Ministry of Food had ordered twenty-five thousand tons of this meat annually from New Zealand some months ago, but it was told that it would be impossible to produce that amount, owing to the Jack of mach.inery and also to the industrial reorganisation required. It is now hoped to work up the N.Z. exports to about .one, hundred tons per month. But this quantity will not be reached for several months, Tne British public is becoming increasingly used .to dried foodstuffs. For example last week, the Ministry of Food .released nineteen million tins each containing twelve hundred/ eggs' which were imported from Australia. Canada. America and the Argentine. Another fifteen million tins will released within the next three' weeksDried eggs occupy only one-sixth of the shinning space that shelled eggs require. In view of the serious shipping nosition, no further comment i? needed. For that reason everything | that New Zealand can do to save shinning space by exporting dried products will be increasingly important as the war drags on.—