INCREASED FAT IN CHEESE
DECISION BY GOVERNMENT. ■ ■■ ' - •
ADVICE OF THE DAIRY BOARD.
By -Telwraph.—Frew. Awoeiation. ' Wellington, Last Night. A decision to increase the minimum fat content of all cheese other than full cream to an extent that ■will effectively /prevent the manufacture of cheese of inferior-quality or body, to which strong exception was taken by British traders, •’ has,been made by the Government after discussions with the Dairy Produce Control Board. ? A statement issued by the Minister of Agriculture .states that the Dairy Board by a majority has advised that the existing minimum should be replaced by 52 per cent, to December 31, 53 per cent, from January 1 to March 15, and 54 per cent, from March 16 to the end of the season. The Government has decided to adopt this. The fat content in . dry .matter of cheese ’is stated to afford the only Effective means of con* trolling manufacturing methods. !.The regulations will come into force on January 1. Standardised cheese will ■ called “cheddar” ’ and other cheese “full cream.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1930, Page 9
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