SHORT-WEIGHT FRAUDS.
WIDESPREAD PRACTICES. SURPRISING REVELATIONS. Sun. LONDON. Jan. 1. Tho Food Council has issued a Whito Paper revealing the extent of the practice of giving short weight in foodstuffs. Mr. Cole, inspector of weights and measures in Manchester, declares that 90' per cent, of tho principal foods, including made-up packages and bags, aro generally short weight. Peas originally packed in lib. packages were latej* dropped to lOoz. without any intimation of the fact. When retailors were accused of selling short weight they retorted that they were selling by package and not by weight. Tho council urged that the giving of short weight should be made a penal offence, and a statement of tho weight should appear on the packet.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19216, 4 January 1926, Page 7
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