§ Mr. Doddsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made at the National 78W Institute of Dairy Research in the experiments to produce frozen milk; and what are the prospects for producing it on a commercial scale.
Mr. AmoryA method has been devised at the Institute of freezing milk so that it can be maintained frozen for a considerable period during storage or transport and eventually thawed for use without separation of the fat occurring. A patent has been applied for. The patent rights are being assigned to the National Research Development Corporation who are already considering how best to secure the commercial exploitation of the invention. Meantime, experimental lots of milk have been frozen for transport for long distances by sea to test the efficiency of the process and the palatability of the products on thawing. Results so far are most promising.