New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 44

Page 1509

✨ Food and Drug Regulations



JUNE 26. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1509

Standard of Weight.

  1. (1.) Where any butter is sold in packages the contents of which are not weighed in the presence of the customer the weight of the contents of such packages shall be either eight ounces or sixteen ounces, or a multiple of one pound avoirdupois.
    (2.) Where any tea is sold in packages the contents of which are not weighed in the presence of the customer the weight of the contents of such packages shall be either four ounces, or eight ounces, or sixteen ounces, or a multiple of one pound avoirdupois.

PROHIBITED ADDITIONS.

Preservatives.

  1. (1.) The addition of a preservative substance to any article of food except as specifically permitted by these regulations, is hereby prohibited.
    (2.) For the purpose of these regulations “preservative substance” includes formic aldehyde, boric acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrofluosilicic acid, sulphurous acid, benzoic acid, salicylic acid, betanaphthol, and preparations, compounds, and derivatives of the said substances or any of them, and every substance which, when added to food, has the property of arresting or impeding fermentation or putrefaction of food;
    (3.) Not more than one kind of preservative substance shall be added to any one kind of food in any one package, nor to any mixture of two or more kinds of such food.
    (4.) Wherever by these regulations the addition of salicylic acid to food as a preservative is permitted, an equal quantity of sodium benzoate may be used in lieu thereof.

Labelling.

(5.) There shall be written in the label attached to every package containing any food mixed with a preservative substance, in bold-faced sans-serif capital letters of not less than six points face-measurement, a statement or declaration in the following form:—

PRESERVATIZED.

This food contains not more than [Here insert the number] grains of [Here insert the chemical name of the preservative] to the [Here insert the word “pound” in the case of solid food, or the word “pint” in the case of liquid food].

(6.) This regulation shall not apply to the following substances when added to food:—
Salt,
Saltpetre (Potassium nitrate, Sodium nitrate),
Sugar,
Spices,
Wood-smoke,
Vinegar, and
Acetic acid.

Flavourings and Colourings.

  1. (1.) The addition of a flavouring-substance or of a colouring-substance to any article of food, except as specifically permitted by these regulations, is hereby prohibited.

Labelling.

(2.) When an artificial colouring or an artificial flavouring-substance has been added to any article of food, there shall be written in the label attached to any package of such food, in bold-faced sans-serif capital letters of not less size than six points face-measurement a statement in such one of the three forms following as the case may require:—
ARTIFICIALLY COLOURED.
ARTIFICIALLY FLAVOURED.
ARTIFICIALLY COLOURED AND FLAVOURED.

Provided that this statement shall not be required in the case of the following foods:—
Butter,
Whole-milk cheese,
Cocoa and chocolate,



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🏥 Revocation and Replacement of Food and Drugs Regulations (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
23 June 1924
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, Regulations, Revocation, Replacement, Labelling, Trade-marks, Brands, Exemption, Letter Sizes