MEAT PRESERVATION,

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14095, 29 December 1909, Page 2

MEAT PRESERVATION,

A Press Association message * frtm Sydney a few days ago notified that tests had •been ffl»de of a new process, of HtoAb preservation by fumigation or dry air as opposed to 1 sterilisation* < At these teats, which were made before a gathering of ptdple 'interested in the meat trade, it was -claimed that the results were highly safcisjbetory;. Tae meat was killed and, treated on December' 6 and afi^er hanging in an open butcnerV shop exposed to the ordinary temperatures fat fifteen days, it "was found to be sweet and sound ,of excellent colour, and without a trace of deterioration., It was alftp«l*imftd that the meat could, . after treatment, be chilled, e:q>grte4. thawed,, and kent hanging for a mouth in a butcher's shop without loss or quality. - This morning on* of our representatives hod the opportunity .of exaznin* ! ing joints of, beef a&d mu,ttoa which had been treated -bgr r the. iiew process •nd brought over from Svtfftey. by Mr« L. Bullofc,- formerly • of .New-JHymoutk who is now* dn a brtef VrtSt here. Thi mutton was killed on the 6th inst. and subjected to treatment on the 4 7th and Bth mist., and.thq o^e/'was killed on the 13th fend treated on the 13th, and I4th. Mr. Butlot left Sydney on the v 18*h inst. by the Manulta, and arrived in Wellington on tho 22nd. During the trip across the meat was carried in tho ordinary vegetable hatch on the deck of the vessel. It was loft in the goods shed on the Wellington wharf on Wednesday night, and in tho goods van of the mail train 'on Thursday, during the. iourn*? ftom Wellington to Wjutata., Thereat £*d been subject at mo- - spheric conditions ~ for tne whole time, and^ea^aeeft^t^jeefbfeiihop ot tho Tmorning was certainly sweet and sound, bearing out to the full' what- was sta& ed in the cable message. This meat had not been chilled; merely treated by the new process, for which it is further claimed that it is considerably * .cheaper than any other known sys- , 'tern. * ' •