FOREIGN BUTTER
PRACTICE OF DYEING EMPIRE PRODUCERS' INTERESTS LONDON. Oct. 31 'Hie Parliamentary Secretary to the Beard of Trade. Dr. E. L. Burgin, was fl.sked in the House of Commons whether the practice of dyeing foreign butter to give it the characteristic yellow colour tf the grass-fed New Zealand and Australian product could not be prohibited lis it was prejudicial to Empire butters. Dr. Burgin said the dyeing of butter \\i:h anatta was a common practice in Britain and elsewhere. Tie had received no representations that the practice was prejudicial to Empire butters. There was no pnuvr to prohibit the Use of anatta. The Merchandise Marks Act provided that imported butter must be marked with the country of origin. Anatta. is the reddish pulp surrounding 'lis seeds of the bixa orelanna. a medium?ii?ed tree growing iu Guiana and elsewhere. It yields a dye which gives a bright- orange tint to cloth and is much used to-add colour to butter and cheese.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21329, 2 November 1932, Page 11
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