. Canadian grocer January-March 1918. res. Silverwood reported in part as fol-lows:—Gentlemen: — The work of the year began the dayafter our last convention closed. A largeand representative deputation went fromMontreal to Ottawa to present to theHonorable Minister of Agriculture a reso-lution urging upon the Government theenactment of suitable legislation to provideand legalize standards for Canadian eggsand to provide such inspection as mightbe necessary to enforce such legislation andto issue Government certificates, if requir-ed, and, further, to prescribe regulationsto provide against the
. Canadian grocer January-March 1918. res. Silverwood reported in part as fol-lows:—Gentlemen: — The work of the year began the dayafter our last convention closed. A largeand representative deputation went fromMontreal to Ottawa to present to theHonorable Minister of Agriculture a reso-lution urging upon the Government theenactment of suitable legislation to provideand legalize standards for Canadian eggsand to provide such inspection as mightbe necessary to enforce such legislation andto issue Government certificates, if requir-ed, and, further, to prescribe regulationsto provide against the sale of eggs unfitfor food, making due allowance for reason-able deterioration as provided in said stan-dards. This deputation was accorded a mostcourteous reception by the Honorable Mar-tin Burrell, Minister of Agriculture, andwas assured that our request would re-ceive every consideration. The report ofthe chairman of the legislation committeewill show that our efforts were successfuland that, while the interest of the Govern-. A view of Richmond Street, London, looking from the Tecumseh H ouse. the scene of the Canadian Produce Association Convention. 19 CANADIAN GROCER February 8, 1918. merit has been centred on distinctly Win-the-War problems, this less important mat-ter has not escaped their attention andthat soon our efforts to bring this importantlegislation into existence will be crownedwith success. Problems of Egg Exports In March a meeting of all the Easternmembers directly interested in the exportof eggs was convened in Toronto. Thismeeting discussed the many problems in-volved in handling the surplus eggs ofCanada and placing them in the best pos-sible condition on the English was laid upon the matter of oceanspace and it was considered sufficientlyurgent that the whole question should bediscussed with the Department of Agri-culture at Ottawa and to this end a depu-tation was sent to Ottawa to present animportant resolution and review the wholeq
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