New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 44

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✨ Food and Drugs Regulations



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Confectionery,
Pastry,
Ice cream and ices,
Jelly-crystals or fruit jelly-crystals,
Sausage-skins.
Artificial cordials and syrups, and artificial flavoured non-alcoholic beverages labelled as prescribed by regulation 75 (3) (c) of these regulations;

nor, in the case of the following articles, when they are artificially coloured with caramel only:—
Spirits,
New Zealand wines,
Vinegar,
Sauces,
Non-dutiable fermented drinks,
Flavoured non-alcoholic beverages,
Compound cordials and syrups.

(3.) The following substances shall be deemed to be harmless colouring-matters within the meaning and for the purposes of these regulations:—
Caramel,
Cochineal,
Chlorophyll,
Saffron, and
Every innocuous vegetable colour extractive, and the following coal-tar dyes, namely:—
Red shades—
S. and J. 107 Amaranth.
S. and J. 56 Ponceau 3 R.
S. and J. 517 Erythrosin.
Orange shades—
S. and J. 85 Orange 1.
Yellow shades—
S. and J. 4 Naphthol yellow S.
94 Tartrazine.
Yellow A.B.
Yellow O.B.
Green shades—
S. and J. 435 Light green S.F. Yellowish.
Blue shades—
S. and J. 692 Indigo-carmine disulphonic acid.
[ Schultz and Julius, “Systematic Survey of Organic Colouring Matters,” translated by A. G. Green. 1908 edition.]

Artificial Sweetening Substances.

  1. (1.) No person shall sell any food containing saccharin, saxin, dulcin, glucin, or any other synthetic sweetening substances, except as specifically allowed by these regulations.

Labelling.

(2.) There shall be written in the label attached to every package containing any food mixed with an artificial sweetening substance, in bold-faced sans-serif capital letters a statement or declaration in the following form:—

“Artificially Sweetened.

“This beverage contains not more than [Here insert the number] grains of [Here insert the chemical name of the sweetening substance] to the gallon.”

Poisonous Metals.

  1. No food shall contain any antimony, arsenic, lead, tin, or other poisonous metals, or compound of any of them. It shall not, however, be a contravention of this regulation if any food specified in the following list contains not more than the quantities of the metals or


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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, Confectionery, Pastry, Ice cream, Ices, Jelly-crystals, Sausage-skins, Artificial cordials, Syrups, Non-alcoholic beverages, Caramel, Cochineal, Chlorophyll, Saffron, Coal-tar dyes, Saccharin, Saxin, Dulcin, Glucin, Artificial sweetening substances, Poisonous metals, Antimony, Arsenic, Lead, Tin