92. Colonel THORNEasked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that recently immense quantities of food have been taken out of cold storage in the city of Glasgow and condemned; that on one day alone 40 tons were cast into the destructor; if he will say who is responsible for this waste; what are the names of the four principal owners of this food; and whether it is contemplated to prosecute those responsible for this waste?
§ Mr. CLYNESI have been asked to reply. I am informed that, owing to some defect in the refrigerating machinery of the carrying vessel, about 40 tons of meat, part of a cargo which recently arrived in Glasgow from North America, was found, upon examination in the cold storage warehouse, to be in a bad condition, and was subsequently condemned as unfit for food. The meat was the property of the Ministry of Food, and the deterioration appears to have been inevitable.