MUTTON FOR EXPORT
NEW TRIMMING PROCESS EARLY DECISION ON EXPERIMENT (Special) WELLINGTON, June 10. Arrangements have been made for the examination of mutton carcasses trimmed under the Timbs process for export to take place is a few days, after which a decision will be made whether the meat will be shipped to the United Kingdom for a report from the British 'Ministry, of Food. This reply was given by the Minister of Marketing, Mr J. G. Barclay, to an urgent question asked by Mr E. B. Gordon (Opposition, Rangitikei) in the House of Representatives this afternoon.
Mr Gordon asked the Minister to inform the House of the progress made with the experiment conducted by Mr Timbs at Ngahauranga on January 30 in the trimming of mutton carcasses for export. Mr Gordon asked whether the carcasses had been shipped, and he mentioned that a report on the result of this experiment was eagerly awaited by the sheep farmers throughout New Zealand.
The Minister replied that the experimental meat had been held in storage for approximately four months, which was considered a reasonable time to observe the effect of storage and refrigeration. - ,-
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24630, 11 June 1941, Page 6
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