FROZEN MEAT TRADE.
ATTACK IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Pren Aejoclatlon.-Blec We Telepaph.-Copyright London, April 8. In the House of Commons, WingfieldDigby, member for Dorset North, in seconding the Produce Marking Bill, said foreign meat was being sold as English. Medical testimony showed that frozen meat was valueless as sustenance, and that consumers were liable to cancer and othor diseases. Mr. Bryce, President of the Board of Trade in the Bosebery Administration, condemned an attack on a trade so important to the colonies. Dr. Farquharson, member for West Aberdeenshire, denied that the consumption of frozen meat was conducive to cancer.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10413, 10 April 1897, Page 5
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