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General Regulations under the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, as to Manufacture and Export of Dairy-produce.-Notice No. Ag. 2619.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of November, 1926.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. NOSWORTHY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Dairy Industry Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations under the said Act or under the Dairy Industry Act, 1898, made by Orders in Council dated the eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, the nineteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, the eighteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, the sixteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, and the thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, and doth hereby make the following regulations in lieu thereof; and doth also hereby declare that these regulations shall come into operation upon their publication in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.
INTERPRETATION.

1. (1.) THESE regulations may be cited as “The Dairy-produce General Regulations.”
   (2.) For the purposes of these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,-
   “Approved” means approved by the Director in writing:
   “Cream-grader” means any Cream-grader certificated in accordance with these regulations:
   “Director” means the Director of the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture:
   “Dried milk” means the substance produced when whole milk, skim-milk, butter-milk, or a mixture of cream, whole milk, skim-milk, butter-milk, sugar of milk, or any two or more of these substances, is evaporated or dried:
   “Factory” used without the word “dairy” prefixed means a manufacturing dairy used or intended for the manufacture of cheese, other than a manufacturing dairy registered as a private dairy:
   “Grader” used without the word “cream” prefixed means any Dairy-produce Grader appointed under the said Act:
   “Inspector” means any Inspector appointed under the said Act:
   “Manufacturing dairy” includes any premises of the descriptions enumerated in subclause (1) of clause 7 of these regulations:
   “Occupier” of a supplying dairy includes every person having for the time being the management or control thereof:
   “Supplying dairy” means any dairy within the meaning of the said Act used in connection with the supply of milk or cream to a manufacturing dairy:
   “Whey butter” means butter manufactured from whey cream:
   “Whey cream” means cream extracted from whey, and includes any mixture of milk, or cream extracted from milk, with cream extracted from whey:
   (3.) These regulations, with the exception of clause 31 hereof, shall not apply to a dairy, or to the butter or cheese manufactured at a dairy, of which the supply of milk and cream is derived from an average number in any month of not more than fifty cows and which is not registered under these regulations: Provided that no butter or cheese is manufactured at such dairy except butter and cheese which is produced entirely from milk or cream derived from cows on that dairy and which is not manufactured for export and is not exported : save that every such dairy in which any dairy-produce is manufactured for sale shall be deemed to be a supplying dairy for the purposes of clauses 14, 15, 16, and 17 of these regulations.

REQUIREMENTS AS TO USE OF MANUFACTURING DAIRIES.
2. Subject to the provisions of subclause (3) of clause 1 hereof, it shall not be lawful for any person to manufacture, receive or deposit for subsequent manufacture, or pack or seal into airtight packages, any dairy-produce, or to mix or B
blend any butter, except in accordance with these regulations and in a manufacturing dairy duly registered.
3. In particular it shall not be lawful for any person-
(a.) To manufacture butter other than whey butter except in a manufacturing dairy registered as a creamery or private dairy:
(b.) To manufacture cheese except in a manufacturing dairy registered as a factory or private dairy:
(c.) To manufacture whey butter, condensed or preserved milk, casein, dried milk, or sugar of milk except in a manufacturing dairy registered as a whey-butter factory, condensed- or preserved-milk factory, casein factory, dried-milk factory, or sugar-of-milk factory respectively:
(d.) To pack or seal butter into airtight tins or other air-tight packages except in a manufacturing dairy registered as a tinning-house:
(e.) To mix or blend butter into milled butter except in a manufacturing dairy registered as a packing-house: Except that-
(i.) The separation of butterfat from milk may be carried on (a) at any supplying dairy in respect only of the milk produced on that dairy, or (b) at any manufacturing dairy registered as a skimming-station:
(ii.) The preparation for transport to a casein factory of the curd from milk of any kind may be carried on at a manufacturing dairy registered as a precipitating-station.
(iii.) Milk or cream produced on any supplying dairy may be deposited on such dairy.
4. It shall not be lawful for any person-
(a.) To use a manufacturing dairy registered only as a skimming-station for subjecting dairy-produce to any other process of manufacture than the separation of butterfat from milk:
(b.) To use a manufacturing dairy registered only as a cream-receiving depot for any purpose for which a manufacturing dairy may be used other than for the receipt or deposit of cream for subsequent removal without being subjected to any process of manufacture while at such cream-receiving depot:
(c.) To use a manufacturing dairy registered only as a precipitating-station for subjecting dairy-produce to any other process of manufacture than the preparation for transport to a casein factory of the curd from milk of any kind.
5. It shall not be lawful for the owner of any manufacturing dairy to receive cream for subsequent removal (without being subjected to any process of manufacture prior to such removal) except in a manufacturing dairy registered as a cream-receiving depot, creamery, factory, or private dairy.
6. Any person intending to build, or to make substantial structural alterations to, a dairy of any of the classes enumerated in paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (k), or (m) of subclause (1) of clause 7 hereof shall submit a description and plan of the proposed building or alterations to the Director, and shall not commence the erection of the building or the making of the alterations until the Director has notified him in writing that the Minister has approved of the description and plan. No person erecting any such building or making any such alterations shall make any material departure from the description and plan as approved by the Minister, either before or during the erection or alteration of the building or at any later time, without previous written notice from the Director that the Minister has consented thereto.

REGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURING DAIRIES.
7. (1.) Manufacturing dairies shall be registered as belonging to one or more of the following classes:-
(a.) Creamery:
(b.) Factory:
(c.) Private dairy:
(d.) Whey-butter factory:
(e.) Condensed- or preserved-milk factory:
(f.) Casein factory:
(g.) Dried-milk factory:
(h.) Sugar-of-milk factory:
(i.) Tinning-house:
(j.) Packing-house:
(k.) Skimming-station:
(l.) Cream-receiving depot:
(m.) Precipitating-station.
(2.) The same premises may be registered as belonging to more than one of the foregoing classes. Where premises are registered as belonging to more than one class, a separate certificate shall be issued in respect of each registration.
8. (1.) No premises shall be registered as a creamery unless, in the opinion and to the satisfaction of the Director, they-
(a.) Are equipped with all the necessary appliances for the manufacturing of butter and for completely controlling the temperature of the produce at each stage of the process; and