BORIC ACID IN MILK.

Otago Witness, Issue 3864, 3 April 1928, Page 28

BORIC ACID IN MILK.

MILK VENDOR FINED. AUCKLAND, March 33. For adding boric acid to milk EbenezerHenry Slater was fined £2 and costs (£3 3s) at the Police Court. Mr Hubble said that Slater supplied the city tea rooms with milk. Samples were obtained from there by an inspector. An analysis showed that the milk contained boric acid. There was a sweet taste, although it was really bad milk. But for the presence of boric acid it would have been bad to taste. Mr Burt, counsel for the defendant, said that Slater had only three customers. The quantity of boric acid added was infinitestimal, being only about one spoonful in lOgal of milk. Before Slater entered into the milk business he was interested in butter-fat, and at that time it was permissible to add boric acid to butter. Defendant was unaware of the regulation prohibiting the use of boric acid in milk. “ Ignorance of the law is no excuse, and if a man enters a business he should make himself conversant with the regulations,” said Mr W. R. M'Kean, S.M., in imposing a penalty.