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Restaurants and Eating-houses—There are 118 establishments
of this description on the Register, and during the year 290 inspections
were made.
Food Shops and Stalls.—Inspections of these premises during
the year numbered 1,032.
Fried-fish Premises.—There are 55 fried-fish premises, and
inspections during the year numbered 194.
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Acts.—The
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries issued a booklet with reference
to the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Acts, 1928 and
1931, showing the progress and present position of the National
Mark Movement.
The main object of these Acts is to encourage the standardisation
of agricultural produce by enabling the Ministry to prescribe grade
designations and grade designation marks, the use of which involves
a civil liability on the seller if the article does not accord with the
statutory definition indicated by the designation. The following
articles have up to the present time been included in the National
Mark Scheme, grade designations having been prescribed by the
Ministry in respect of such articles:—
Tomatoes and Cucumbers Cauliflower and Broccoli Poultry
Strawberries Cabbage Lettuce Beef
Cherries Cider Flour
Plums Eggs Malt products
Canned and Bottled Fruits and Vegetables and Honey.
The Ministry intimate that a still wider range of home products
will in time be brought under the National Mark Scheme until this
movement covers most agricultural commodities of commercial
significance.
Grading schemes are also under consideration for mutton and
lamb, butter, cheese, jam and grapes.