GREAT BRITAIN’S BID FOR MEAT PREFERENCE
MARKING HOMEGROWN MEAT. It is stated that tlic Ministry of Agriculture, England, intends to apply a national mark to British meat, so that it may be distinguished from the imported article. Tho scheme is to be confined to its initial stages to Smithfield Market, and the national mark will be of a distinctive colour of indelible ink, harmless and. taintless. It will be impressed, it is said, by a rubber roller over tho whole length of a carcase, and it is claimed that in this way every joint will be impressed with part of the national mark. The marking (states a Home exchange) will be reserved for prime quality only, so that old cows and bulls will be outside its scope, and will be indistinguishable in carcass form, so far as any mark is concerned, from imported chilled beef. It has not yet been decided when the experiment will start. It is understood that the Department of Agriculture for Scotland has also been the question of a national mark for Scottish meat.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6954, 6 July 1929, Page 4
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178GREAT BRITAIN’S BID FOR MEAT PREFERENCE Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6954, 6 July 1929, Page 4
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