CHEESE CONSUMPTION
♦ DECLINE IN BRITAIN Cheese consumption in Great liritam during 1935 declined from 9.51 b a head in 1934 To 9.11 b a head. This was d\K' to a 12 per cent decline in Empire imports, as both Home and foreign supplies increased. New Zealand easily led as chief supplier, her total comprising 65 per cent of all imports. However, the Dominion sent'l6 per cent less than in 1934. "There is room for a great increase in cheese consumption before we reach the standards set by the nutrition experts," said Mr. H. E." Davis. Lond*n manager of the New Zealand Dairy Board, in a statement to the press. "The British Medical Association lias set a standard of Hb a week, or 261 b a year, for adults. 'What is wanted, among other tilings, is more and better cheese cookery. A revival of the Welsh rarebit and the old- , fashioned cheese savouries would be a boon to the nation's nutrition."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18991, 16 April 1936, Page 2
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