SALE OF FOOD
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SHORT WEIGHT COMPLAINTS. EXTENT OF THE PRACTICE A REVEALING REPORT. BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT Received Jan. 2, 11.40 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 1. The Food Council has issued a white paper revealing the extent of the practice of giving .short weight in foodstuffs. Mr, Lkrie, Inspector of Weights and -Measures at Manchester, declared that ninety per cent, of the principle foods, including made-up packages land bags, were generally short in weight. Peas were originally packed in pound packages, hut later dropped to ten ounces, without an intimation to the public, but the packet remained the same size. When the retailers were accused of short weight, they retorted that they were selling by the package, not by weight. The Council urge.s that giving short weight' should be a penal offence. The weight should appear on the package. —Sydney) Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 2 January 1926, Page 7
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143SALE OF FOOD Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 2 January 1926, Page 7
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