Post by NZBC on Jun 3, 2011 22:36:01 GMT 12
CHINESE EGGS.
A Masterton poultry-breeder has a grievance against tbe authorities which certainly appears to be well-founded. In convei^sation with a Daily Times representative, the poultry man complained bitterly of the authorities allowing Chinese eggs to be used by bakers in spite of the Pure Foods Act. These eggs, he states, are broken in China, and several thousand yolks are dumped into a barrel ready for export. The eggs are from all kinds of fowls, and are in any old condition. They realise about twopence per dozen for the Chinese poultryman, and upon arrival in New Zealand are retailed to "bakers at ninepence per dozen. The Masterton breeder, who has seen the yolks taken from the barrels, declares that some of them are certainly unfit for human consumption, ancl some steps should be taken under the Pure Foods Act to prohibit their sale. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, 26 August 1916, Page 2
A Masterton poultry-breeder has a grievance against tbe authorities which certainly appears to be well-founded. In convei^sation with a Daily Times representative, the poultry man complained bitterly of the authorities allowing Chinese eggs to be used by bakers in spite of the Pure Foods Act. These eggs, he states, are broken in China, and several thousand yolks are dumped into a barrel ready for export. The eggs are from all kinds of fowls, and are in any old condition. They realise about twopence per dozen for the Chinese poultryman, and upon arrival in New Zealand are retailed to "bakers at ninepence per dozen. The Masterton breeder, who has seen the yolks taken from the barrels, declares that some of them are certainly unfit for human consumption, ancl some steps should be taken under the Pure Foods Act to prohibit their sale. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, 26 August 1916, Page 2