CONGRESS OF REFRIGERATING INDUSTRIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14381, 26 November 1908, Page 8

CONGRESS OF REFRIGERATING INDUSTRIES.

''".''■ '♦*' " ■■ ■•,' •-' A PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL ' ' '■■; ':;'COMMITTEE;.. ; , .', ■'■ .' , {■ J (From Oots ' Ows Corbesposmnt.) l LONDON, October: 16.: :% The Congress of Refrigeratine Industries, . at its final sittings iin Paris on: Monday, adopted a. large number of resolutions re-' ported froni the various Bcctions. v The most important practical step.'Ween was a decision to appoint a Permanent International OommiUeo, as the nudoiis of an International Association of Befrigerating. Industries, with a- view, to, promoting and protecting their '.interests. 'The prin- ' cipal objects of this, organisation will be to'-. take measures to remove the prejudice still prevailing in ..many quarters against' food. preserved by- refrigeration, to encourage by Government or. private support, wherever obtainable, soieiitifiij. research on all technical questions ..affecting the industry, and the modification or abolition of exists ing regulations which hamper the introduction' into any country ' of frozen 0* chilled produce. ■',' > The last-nientioned, desideratum was;"em? •'bodied in a resolution proposed', by the. Hon. T. -A,"' CogbJari. '(Agent-goncral for ' New Soutli Wales), while a, kindred motion, asserting the necessity of adopting a/uni-'-form standard of inspection, was accoptedl on tho initiative of Mr Gilbert Anderson, the official delegate from.Ncw : Zealand. ; Aii« - ■■. other British resolution passed wasona by Mr J. H. Geddes in favour'of ing exact scientific data for determining"; the conditions as. to time and tcraperaluro - which perishable produce can;, be satisfac- : torily kept. This year's conference, it will be reniem. bered, was only of a preliminary- natuixv WHAT NEW ZEALAND WANTED.-MB ■ CAMERON'S COMMENT..-: ' The Government: Dairy Commissioner (Sir H. C. Cameron), who returned from Paris, yesterday morning, (says that Wis very, much ploa6cd with tho results o£ the conference, which he regards as-the firet of a series of international importance. • The idea of the congress originated in France, and was supported by many foreign. countries. Unfortunately, tho - British Govern, ment had not supported it, and that to some extent handicapped the British representatives. Everything was done in the ; ; Fienoh language, arid, there was-' so much, to be done that much lessiime was afforded for discussion than the British representatives would have liked. Thore eo many interests involved, and many, of the representatives who Were interested in ' more than one section had perforce to miss a good deal. As for getting New Zealand products admitted into foreign countries, he could not see that there was any immediate advance'. At tlio same time, tho cbanoa, was much better now that suoh a conference lad been held. ;.•■ Mr Gilbert Anderson had moved a r'esolu. tion that a conference shouM_ be arranged ot persons connected with the industry in difi , ferent countries to draw up an international:, system of meat inspection which would be acceptable to all countries. That had nsed the General Committee, «nc 'had n accepted; it would be considered by the committee which was being appointed, and would.he prominently before the next, conference. IV would be almost impossible' to get tho conference to agroo to. the importation of foreign meats urder existing conditions, hut if the result oi this proposal: was to standardise tho meat inspection oE' all countries, there would not be the same objection to tiro importation of meat; on the Continent. What the New Zealand represcn*at'ives had worked for at the conference was to get'the New Zealand inspection recognised. Mr Cameron thought they hadevery reason to be eatisfiei" with the result. Tho next congress will be held at Yicrin? two years hence. Tierefifter it ■sill- piolr pMj Mfcrsswii .., '■■'.:■ >