MARKETING OF FRUIT
DISHONESTY IN PACKING . .. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Aug. 26. The retail side of the fruit and vegetables inquiry before a committee of the House was stated to-day by various witnesses from the retail trade in Wellington. A good deal of the evidence centred on wastage, and into this came very prominently the question of dishonest packing, which, to judge from statements made, is commo-i. One witness, representing the Chinese traders, said it did not occur with American packing, and the same was true of Australian. One shopkeeper said they could not get redress as once the fruit had left the ma.'ket it was impossible to get a prosecution. This was denied on the part of the department, 'which stated, however, that cases must be intact. If cases of dishonestly packed fruit were unopened when inspected at the shops a prosecution w r ould be made.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1930, Page 14
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