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memberships. Membership is open to
individuals organizations, and cor p
orations. Individual memberships cost
$25. Memberships for organizations and
corporations cost $100.
The executive of the association included
Bill Kilmer, Fertilizer Institute of Ontario,
president: R.J. McDonald, Western
Ontario Breeders Inc., vice-president; and
Bob Carbert, Ontario Agricultural
Museum, secretary -treasurer.
For more information about member-
ships or nominations to the Agricultural
Hall of Fame, contact Bob Carbert, Ontario
AGricultural Museum, Box 38, Milton,
Ontario L9T 2Y3.
'Best before' labels
waste good cheese:
manufacturer
A cheese factory owner recently com-
plained about consumers passing up
perfectly good cheese because of the "best
before" labels marked on products.
As a result of shoppers preferring
products with a later "best -before" date
on the package, stores are returning a
record amount of cheese to processing
plants even though it's perfectly good.
according to Greg David of Baden, owner
of the Baden Cheese Factory.
"Best -before" labelling is required only
for products with a shelf life of less than 90
days, and cheese should therefore be
excluded because it lasts longer than 90
days, David said.
He raised the issue at the National Dairy
Council meeting in Toronto and asked if
the federal government might consider
allowing the cheese industry to return to a
private code. The code would not be
understood by consumers, but would be
understood by store help, which could use
the coding to rotate stock on the shelf or to
trace complaints.
Gardener Jackson an official of the dairy
division of the federal agriculture depart-
ment, was noncommital about this as the
regulations are administered by the
Federal Department of Consumer and
Corporate affairs, and the date is chosen by
the processor, not dictated by govern-
ment.
paid growers for their crop and now some
of the growers are taking legal action.
Mrs. Mark Hussey, R.R.4, Walton said
they grew 125 acres of mustard on their
farm. and contracted to sell it to the Oxford
Station firm.
Some of the mustard is already in
storage in Zurich, but the Husseys have
had to store 48 tons more of the seed at
their own farm.
Mrs. Hussey and her husband have
hired a Goderich lawyer to try and sue Mr.
Smith for the money he owes them.
The mustard growers who haven't been
paid for their crops fall into two groups -
those who had already given their crop to
Smith and those who are holding the crop
but waiting word for pickup and delivery.
Mrs. Hussey said the second group met
recently and decided to send a delegation
down to Oxford Station to meet with Smith
and try and get him to agree to break the
contract so they can sell their mustard
elsewhere.
The first group are involved in litigation
to try and get payment for the mustard
they had already shipped to the processor.
The processor has indicated that a heavy
carry over from last year's mustard crop
and bumper crops in Western Canada and
the United States mean his bins are already
filled with three million pounds of seed.
This year the U.S. planted 30,000 acres
of mustard compared with only 700 acres
three years ago.
Mustard Crop
creates problems
Huron County mustard farmers are still
plagued with problems in collecting
payment for this year's contracted crop.
About 34 areas farmers were contracted
earlier this year to grow mustard seed for
Ontario Mustard Growers Ltd. at Oxford
Station. south of Ottawa.
Jack Smith, the firm's owner, still hasn't
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