PASTEURISATION.
The Government has for some time past been advising the proprietors of butter factories to pasteurise all skim-milk before returning it to the suppliers, but does not consider the present time opportune for making this reform compulsory, stated the Minister of Agriculture in reply to the member for Waikato. Tlie Hon. Mr Massey adds that the necessary plant is somewhat expensive. In many cases additional boiler power would be required, and in a short time such plant and boiler power might be put out of use by the conversion of butter factories into cheese factories, or by the rapid expansion of home separation of cream. The number of butter factories that pasteurised their skim-milk last season was only twelve. The matter of heating whey before returning it to the suppliers of cheese factories is somewhat less difficult, and the work was undertaken last season at 163 factories. The whole subject is being carefully watched by the Government.
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Northern Advocate, 28 August 1913, Page 5
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