New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 44

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✨ Food and Drug Regulations



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Skim-milk Cheese.

(2.) Skim-milk cheese shall be cheese made from milk from which a portion of the fat has been removed. It shall contain in the water-free substance not less than ten parts per centum of fat wholly derived from milk.

Labelling.

(3.) (a.) There shall be attached to every package containing skim-milk cheese the following statement or label in bold-faced sans-serif capital letters of not less than eighteen points face-measurement, printed in such colours as to afford a distinct colour contrast to the ground: “Skim-milk cheese.”

(b.) There shall be conspicuously attached to every vessel used to hold skim-milk cheese for consumption on the premises by customers in any place where food is sold, the words “Skim-milk cheese” written in bold-faced sans-serif capital letters of not less than eighteen points face-measurement.

Cream Cheese.

(4.) Cream cheese shall be cheese made from milk and cream, or from milk containing not less than six parts per centum of milk-fat. It shall contain in the water-free substance not less than sixty parts per centum of fat wholly derived from milk.

Cheese Paste.

(5.) Cheese paste shall be a paste prepared with cheese, other wholesome foodstuffs, and condiments.

TEA.

  1. (1.) Tea shall be the leaves and leaf-buds of various species of Thea, prepared by the usual trade processes. Tea shall not yield more than seven parts per centum nor less than four parts per centum of ash, of which at least one-half shall be soluble in water. It shall yield at least thirty parts per centum of extract. It shall not contain spurious, or exhausted, or decayed, or mouldy leaves or stalks, or any Prussian blue, or lead, or other matter for facing or for any other purpose. If described or sold as the product of any country or district it must be the product of the country or district so specified.

Method of Analysis.

(2.) The proportion of extract shall be determined by boiling two grammes of the tea in two hundred cubic centimeters of distilled water under a reflux condenser for one hour, filtering while hot, allowing the filtrate to cool, and evaporating an aliquot part on the water-bath till of constant weight.

Tea-dust.

(3.) Tea-dust and tea siftings or fannings shall be respectively the dust and the siftings and fannings of tea which conform with the general standard for tea. It shall yield not more than five parts per centum of ash insoluble in water.

COFFEE.

  1. (1.) Coffee shall be the seed of Coffea arabica or Coffea liberica.

Ground Coffee.

(2.) Ground coffee shall be the roasted seed of Coffea arabica or Coffea liberica, crushed, ground, or otherwise prepared so as to be suitable for making an infusion or decoction. It shall contain not less than ten parts per centum of fat, not more than one part per centum of saccharine matter, and shall yield not more than six parts per centum of ash (of which the proportion soluble in water shall be not less than seventy-five parts per centum). It shall not contain any added substance.

Chicory.

(3.) Chicory shall be the dried and roasted root of Cichorium intybus.

Coffee and Chicory.

(4.) Coffee and chicory shall be a mixture of ground coffee and ground chicory. It shall contain not less than fifty parts per centum of coffee, nor any added substance.



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

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
23 June 1924
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