Commerce (General Exports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1926. No. 176.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1925 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1926.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1925 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1926 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventeenth day of December, 1926.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

H. E. PRATTEN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

Amendment of Commerce (General Exports) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 22, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 3 of the Commerce (General Exports) Regulations is amended by including in the definition of “Prunes” the following additional varieties:—

Burton

Coates.

2. Regulation 8 is amended by inserting after paragraph (j) the following paragraphs:—

(k) Each can or container of canned fruits of “Second quality in syrup” shall have embossed on the top the word “seconds”.

(l) Each can or container of canned fruits of “Second quality in water” shall have embossed on the top the words “seconds without added sugar”.

(m) Each can or container of canned fruits of pie quality shall have embossed on the top the word “pie”.

(n) No other marking or sticker or label or wrapping which will wholly or partly obscure or divert attention from the embossing shall be placed on or about the top of a can or container of second or pie quality fruit.

(o) Nothing contained in these Regulations shall prevent the printing of factory can marks in ink or the embossing on the top of the can or container.

C.18010.—Price 3d.

3. Regulation 14 is amended by inserting after sub-paragraph (vi) of paragraph (d) the following sub-paragraphs:—

(vii) Apricots describable as “Second Quality in Syrup”.—The halves shall be sound, fairly firm, and ripe. The colour shall be fairly good and the fruit fairly free from blemishes serious to the grade. The halves in each can shall be fairly uniform in size, colour and degree of ripeness. The syrup used shall be clear and shall contain not less than 10 per cent. by weight of cane sugar;

(viii) Apricots describable as “Second Quality packed in Water”. —The halves shall be sound, fairly firm, and ripe. The colour shall be fairly good and the fruit fairly free from blemishes serious to the grade. The halves in each can shall be fairly uniform in size, colour, and degree of ripeness. There shall be no added sugar.

4. Regulation 16 is amended by omitting sub-paragraph (iii) from paragraph (d) and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—

(iii) Peaches describable as “Standard Quality”.—The halves shall be sound, ripe, firm, of fairly good colour for the variety, free from blemishes serious to the grade, and fairly uniform in size, colour and maturity.

There shall be no ragged edges. The syrup used shall be clear, and shall contain not less than 25 per cent. by weight of cane sugar. The number of halves that may be placed in a can shall be in accordance with the following grades:—

“Large Count”—Not less than six nor more than nine halves;

“Medium-large Count”—Not less than nine or more than twelve halves;

“Medium Count”—Not less than twelve nor more than fifteen halves;

“Small Count”—Not less than fifteen nor more than twenty halves;

Provided that in no instance shall the number of halves per can be less than six nor more than twenty and in no single consignment shall there be a variation of more than five halves per can.

5. Regulation 16 is amended by inserting after sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (d) the following sub-paragraphs:—

(iv) Peaches describable as “Second Quality in Syrup”.—The halves shall be sound, fairly firm, and ripe. The colour shall be fairly good and the fruit fairly free from blemishes serious to the grade. The halves in each can shall be fairly uniform in size, colour, and degree of ripeness. The syrup used shall be clear and shall contain not less than 10 per cent. by weight of cane sugar;

(v) Peaches describable as “Second Quality in Water”—The halves shall be sound, fairly firm, and ripe. The colour shall be fairly good and the fruit fairly free from

blemishes serious to the grade. The halves in each can shall be fairly uniform in size, colour, and degree of ripeness. There shall be no added sugar.

6. Regulation 19 is amended by inserting after sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (d) the following sub-paragraphs:—

(iv) Pears describable as “Second Quality in Syrup”—The halves shall be sound, fairly firm, and ripe. The colour shall be fairly good and the fruit fairly free from blemishes serious to the grade. The halves in each can shall be fairly uniform in size, colour, and degree of ripeness. The syrup used shall be clear and shall contain not less than 10 per cent. by weight of cane sugar.

(v) Pears describable as “Second Quality in Water”—The halves shall be sound, fairly firm, and ripe. The colour shall be fairly good and the fruit fairly free from blemishes serious to the grade. The halves in each can shall be fairly uniform in size, colour, and degree of ripeness. There shall be no added sugar.

7. Regulation 32 is amended by omitting paragraph (d)and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

(d)The fruit shall be free from stalks, dirt, sand, grit, insect refuse, and from any other matter foreign to the fruit:

Provided that if sulphur dioxide not in excess of the quantities specified below is contained in the undermentioned dried fruit, no contravention of this paragraph shall be deemed to have occurred—

Apricots
Peaches
Nectarines	2,000 parts per million.
Apples
Pears
Lexias
Seedless Lexias		750 parts per million.
Sultanas

8. Regulation 44 is hereby repealed and the following inserted in its stead:—

“44. Prunes intended for export shall be in accordance with such one of the following sets of conditions as is applicable to the description of the prunes:—

(a)Prunes describable as “4 Crown”.—The fruit shall be of such size that not more than forty prunes shall comprise one pound weight avoirdupois. The fruit shall be of a uniformly good, dark colour;

(b) Prunes describable as “3 Crown”.—The fruit shall be of such size that not less than forty nor more than sixty prunes shall comprise one pound weight avoirdupois. The fruit shall be of a uniformly good, dark colour;

(c) Prunes describable as “2 Crown”.—The fruit shall be of such size that not less than sixty nor more than eighty prunes shall comprise one pound weight avoirdupois. The fruit shall be of a uniformly good, dark colour; and

 

(d) Prunes describable as “1 Crown”.—The fruit shall be of such size that not less than eighty nor more than one hundred prunes shall comprise one pound weight avoirdupois. The fruit shall be of a uniformly good, dark colour.

9. Regulation 80 is amended by omitting the words “or the advice note”

10. The First Schedule is amended by inserting the following standards:—

Chutneys, Pickles and Sauces.

Chutneys, pickles and sauces may contain benzoic acid to the extent of not more than 250 parts per million. No other preservative substance shall be added.

Vegetables (Dried or Preserved).

Vegetables (dried or preserved) shall contain no added preservative substance.

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