MARKETING PRODUCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20127, 21 April 1928, Page 9

MARKETING PRODUCE

BRITISH GRADING SCHEME BETTER MARKETING CONDITIONS. (By Radio). RUGBY, April 19. Sir W. Guinness, Minister of Agriculture, moved in the House of Commons, the second reading of the Bill for the grading and marking of agricultural produce, which has already passed the House of Lords. Ho said that it was proposed to start immediately with two branches of products. Schemes had already been developed for marking eggs, and had been approved »y the interests concerned. Different grades had been provisionally agreed upon with the National Farmers’ Union. The Bill gave the Minister of Agriculture power to define grades, and prescribe designation marks. It was proposed that the use of marks should be controlled by a nation committee, which would be advised by the trades committees representing the various commodities interested. Preserved and cold stored eggs would be marked as a protection for producers and consumers of new laid eggs. The operation of such marking would, however, be dependent upon the order being put into force for the similar marking of foreign eggs. The second reading was passed.