1514
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

shall be deemed to be thoroughly washed unless all traces of food or foreign matter have been removed from it, and it has then been rinsed in clean hot water, or washed in some other manner approved by an officer. In the meaning of this clause hot water is water of such temperature that all grease and fat is at once liquified and removed from the surface of articles which are plunged therein.

Packages and Containers.

21. No person shall use, in the preparation, packing, storage, or delivery of food for sale,—
    (i.) Any package, container, or appliance used for manufacturing, keeping, or holding a moist food which has in contact with the food a surface composed of lead or zinc ;
    (ii.) Any package, container, or appliance which yields to its food contents any poisonous or injurious substance ; or
    (iii.) Any package or container made of tin plate unless, if soldered, it is externally soldered ; or if the tin plate be lacquered, unless the lacquer completely covers the tinned surface within the container.

Boiler-preservatives.

22. (1.) No person shall use, or cause or suffer to be used in any boiler for producing steam which is brought into contact with food for sale, any boiler-preservative containing arsenic or antimony, or any compound of either of them.
    (2.) No person shall cause, suffer, or permit the water of any boiler which, by priming or otherwise, may come into contact with food for sale to contain any harmful substance in any larger proportion than that in which it is allowed by these regulations to be present in food.

Water and Ice.

23. No person shall use, or cause or suffer to be used, any water or ice in the preparation or manufacture of any food for sale unless such water or ice at all times shall be clean and free from any harmful chemical or bacterial contamination, or from any danger thereof.

General Provisions.

24. When an officer in the execution of his duty so demands, any person being in possession of an article of food or a drug for sale shall correctly state to the officer his name and address, and, if the food or the drug is in possession of such person for delivery for sale, such person shall state also to the officer the name and address of the seller.

Analyst’s Certificate and Fees.

25. (1.) The certificate of the Analyst referred to in section 8 of the said Act shall be in the form “ A ” in the Schedule hereto where any method of analysis, chemical or physical, has been prescribed for the analysis of any food or drug ; and in the form “ B ” in the said Schedule where no method is so prescribed.
    (2.) In the case of a certificate regarding milk, butter, or any article liable to decomposition, the Analyst shall in his certificate specially report whether, prior to the analysis, any change had taken place in the constitution of the article which would interfere with the analysis.
    (3.) The fee to be prepaid by a person who requires any officer to purchase a sample of any food or drug and submit the same for analysis shall be sixty shillings.
    (4.) The fee to be paid under section 8 of the said Act for the therein-mentioned copy of the result of any analysis shall be two shillings and sixpence.

SPECIFIC REGULATIONS.

Interpretation.

26. All references in the succeeding regulations to any specific article shall be deemed to include any other article which is substantially identical with and may be used for the same purpose as the article specifically referred to.
27. It shall not be lawful to sell any food which does not comply with the standard hereinafter prescribed in these regulations.