NEW ZEALAND CHEESE

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 99, 21 April 1933, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND CHEESE

Improvement of Quality DAIRY BOARD VIEWS ADOPTED MINISTER’S ANNOUNCEMENT (Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. C. E. Macmillan), in a statement issued to-night, outlined' the steps being taken to bring about an improvement in the quality of cheese. He explained what had been decided upon by the committee representative of dairying interests. It was realised the Minister said, that much had to be done to bring Dominion-made cheese up to the proper standard of quality. The committee’s decisions really represented the adoption of recommendations made in the first place by the Dairy Board and were as follow: — First, that regulations be gazetted to prevent a supplier from leaving one factory for another. Second, the definite establishment of milk-grading, with differential payment. Third, the licensing of factory managers. Fourth, the Dairy Division to take over a cheese factory as requesteed by the board. At a meeting of the committeee a cable from the High Commissioner (Sir'T. M. Wilford) was read stating that this season’s cheese showed an improvement. The Minister added that the departmental staff was now pushing matters forward with a view to having everything in order for commencing the new season under the improved conditions which had been agreed upon.