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The New Zealand Azette Issue No. 206 • 5155 The New Zealand azette WELLINGTON: THURSDAY, 1 DECEMBER 1988 Contents Vice Regal None Government Notices 5156 Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices 5178 Land Notices 5186 Regulation Summary 5194 Parliamentary Summary None General Section .. 5194 Using the Gazette The New Zealand Gazette, the official newspaper of the 12 noon on Tuesdays prior to publication (except for holiday Government of New Zealand, is published weekly on periods when special advice of earlier closing times will be Thursdays. Publishing time is 4 p.m. given) . Notices for publication and related correspondence should be Notices are accepted for publication in the next available issue, addressed to: unless otherwise specified. Gazette Office, For Christmas-New Year deadline and publication details see Department of Internal Affairs, last page. P.O. Box 805, Wellington. Notices being submitted for publication must be a reproduced Telephone (04) 738 699 Facsimile (04) 499 0544 copy of the original. Dates, proper names and signatures are or lodged at the Gazette Office, Room 611 (Sixth Floor) , State to be shown clearly. A covering instruction setting out require­ Insurance Tower Block, corner Waring Taylor Street and ments must accompany all notices. Lambton Quay. Copy will be returned unpublished if not submitted in accor­ Closing time for lodgment of notices at the Gazette Office: dance with these requirements. 5156 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 206 Availability Government Building, 1 George Street, Palmerston North. The New Zealand Gazette is available on subscription from the Cargill House, 123 Princes Street, Dunedin. Government Printing Office Publications Division or over the counter from Government Bookshops at: Hanna Burton Building, 25 Rutland Street, Auckland. Other issues of the Gazette: 33 Kings Street, Frankton, Hamilton. Commercial Edition-published weekly on Wednesdays. 25-27 Mercer Street, Wellington. Mulgrave Street, Wellington. Customs Edition-Published weekly on Tuesdays. E.S.T.V. House, 4185 Queens Drive, Lower Hutt. Special Editions and Supplements- Published as and when 159 Hereford Street, Christchurch. required. Government Notices squash grown from varieties of cucurbita maxima to be Agriculture and Fisheries supplied fresh to the consumer. Note: Buttercup squash for industrial processing is excluded Animals Protection Act 1960 from this grade providing the packages are marked accordingly. Approval of Code of Ethical Conduct, Notice 6. Provisions concerning quality-The purpose of this No. 4472 (100/Al/07) standard is to define the quality requirements for buttercup Pursuant to section 19A of the Animals Protection Act 1960 squash at the dispatching stage, after preparation and and on the advice of the National Animal Ethics Advisory packaging. Committee I hereby approve the code of ethical conduct The buttercup squash must be: submitted to me from the Shell Chemicals New Zealand -Free from pests and diseases and meet any quarantine and Limited. other legal requirements of the importing country; Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November 1988. -intact, whole; COLIN MOYLE, Minister of Agriculture. -sound-free from storage defects or any other defects 9013823 which impair their general appearance or keeping quality; -clean-free from soil , and practically free of any other New Zealand Grown Fruit and visible foreign matter; Vegetables Regulations 1975 -free from abnormal external moisture; -free of foreign smell or taste; Standard Grade for the Export of Buttercup Squash (Notice No: 4474; Ag. 12/2/14) -mature; -trimmed; This notice revokes the Standard Grade for the Export of Buttercup Squash Notice 1984 (No. 3401; Ag . 12/2/ 14) -cured; published in the New Zealand Gazette, Thursday, 6 December -of good quality, with similar varietal characteristics 1984. including shape and colour and without distortion due to Pursuant to the New Zealand Grown Fruit and Vegetables abnormal development; Regulations 1975*, the Director-General of Agriculture and -capable of withstanding handling, storage and transport, Fisheries hereby gives notice that the Standard Grade for the and arriving at the destination in a sound condition; Export of Buttercup Squash shall be set out in this notice. - free from sunburn and scald. Notice Skin defects which are not liable to impair the keeping 1. Title-(1) This notice may be cited as the Standard Grade qualities are permitted within the limits specified in the Second for the Export of Buttercup Squash Notice 1988. Schedule to this notice. (2) This notice shall come into force on the day after the 7. Provisions concerning sizing-Sizing is determined by date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette. weight at the time of packing. The minimum size for export in bulk packs is 1.2 kg. 2. Interpretation-Unless the context otherwise requires, terms and expressions used in this notice shall have the same Note: Squash in the size range 1.0 to 1.2 kg only is meaning as in the New Zealand Grown Fruit and Vegetables permitted as a separate pack which must be marked Regulations 1975*. Certain of these terms and expressions as accordingly. applicable to buttercup squash are defined in the First 8. Provisions concerning tolerances-Any one package shall Schedule to this notice. not contain more than 5 percent of buttercup squash by weight 3. Application of notice-This notice determines the outside the branded size range. standard grade for the export of buttercup squash from New 9. Provisions concerning presentation: Zealand. (a) Uniformity- 4. Title and grade-The grade mark assigned to this standard The contents of each package must be uniform; each grade shall be Grade 1 (hereinafter referred to as 'the grade'). package must contain only buttercup squash of the same 5. Definition of produce-This grade applies to buttercup origin, variety, quality, degree of ripeness and size. The 1 DECEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 5157 visible part of each package must be representative of the (c) Vine marks-The vine mark must not have substantially entire contents. distorted the outline or shape of the squash. A vine mark must be: (b) Packaging- (i) No deeper than 20 mm from the normal surface of the The buttercup squash must be packed in clean new squash at the deepest point. packages and in such a way as to ensure that they are suitably protected. (ii) No wider than 20 mm at the widest point. Packages must be free of all foreign matter. (iii) No longer than 100 mm. 10. Provisions concerning marking-Each package must (d) Cal/ousin5rSurface callousing (i.e. non-raised areas) are bear the following particulars in letters grouped on the same not to exceed 4 square cm in aggregate area. Callousing with side, legibly and indelibly marked and visible from the outside: raised areas such as "pimples" or oedema ("warts") is not to -Identification-registered mark of grower and packing exceed 2 square centimetres in aggregate area and 5 mm in establishment and exporters' identification. height at any point. -Nature of produce-kind and variety. (e) Bruisin5rMarks resulting from pressure must not: -Country of origin-New Zealand. (i) Have broken the skin. -Commercial specification-grade of contents. (ii) Exceed 2 square centimetres in aggregate area. -Official control mark-inspection stamp or similar (f) Cuts-Are not acceptable on squash. Cuts are broken skin identification if applicable. which may be caused by cutting (knives, secateurs) or impact on a sharp edge (stalks, timber, metal). Note: Size ranges may also be included on bin labels. (g) Dirty fruit-soil, grease, bird droppings or other foreign First Schedule matter on the fruit is not acceptable. Definition of Terms: (h) Shape-The squash must be wider than it is high, and typical of the variety. "Sound" means free from any progressive decay, rots, (including small shallow rots even if dry and calloused), Third Schedule breakdown freezing or chilling injury, damage and similar defects which may cause rapid loss of condition or rapid General Information decay. The following explanatory notes do not form part of this "Storage Defects" means decay, fungal rots, wilt or other standard grade, but are presented for the information of injury as a result of storage. growers, packers and exporters. "Trimmed" means the stalk is cut cleanly and is less than 1. It is the responsibility of the exporter to ensure the produce 20 mm long or does not protrude more than 10 mm above exported meets the legal requirements of the importing the shoulders of the squash. country and the specification of the importer. "Mature" means that the squash has reached a minimum 2. Handling and Packing: maturity at harvest as indicated by: (a) Packing of shipping containers in the field is not -the development of prominent brown flecks on the stalk, acceptable. and; (b) Buttercup squash should not be cut or harvested in rain -the development of a dull dark green colour to the skin, or damp conditions. Full crates should be protected from with the loss of a glossy sheen on the skin, and; inclement weather. -a full orange colour in the flesh. (c) Avoid the possibility of sunburn following cutting and "Cured" means that at the time of loading into the export during harvest. Packed crates should be protected from the container the squash has been held for an adequate time sun at all times. period to allow: (d) After harvesting it is desirable to hold squash in a shaded -the cut surface of the stalk to dry; airy place for a minimum of 48 hours prior to export packing. -the remainder of the stalk to have commenced shrivelling (e) Buttercup squash should be shipped within 14 days of to a firm texture with a brown withered surface. harvesting. Squash which is held longer is more prone to post­ harvest decay during or after shipping. "Colour" means typical of the variety. (f) Squash should be harvested at optimum maturity.
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