SHORT-WEIGHT BREAD.
NO SALES IN FUTURE.
SPECIAL EXEMPTION CANCELLED. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] WELLINGTON. Friday. The agreement made by the Health Department with the Master Bakers' Federation in 1924 concerning the weight of special types of loaves has been terminated. The agreement permitted the shortweight. sale, of certain fancy loaves, provided the same amount of dough as used for the making of the ordinary 21b. loaf was employed. In making the announcement to-day, the Minister of Internal Affairs,, the Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle, said he found that the department had acted in good faith, the decision being arrived at after exhaustive tests, whereby it had been found that a well-baked barracouta loaf would lose in baking approximately 2oz. ijiore moisture than certain other types, and yet the food value would remain the same.
The arrangement, however, has been terminated, and the weight of all bread will be governed by the provisions of section 26 of the Sale of Food and Drags Act, 1908. This, in brief, prohibits the sale of short-weight bread.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20554, 3 May 1930, Page 10
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