1348

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 37

(l) Each press used in the manufacture of cheese at any period of the season has--
(a) Its full complement of cheese hoops properly tinned on both sides; and
(b) A tray of approved material and pattern:
(2) Press cloths, cheese hoops, and tray are thoroughly washed and scalded on both inner and outer surfaces after each day's use, and all parts of the press are kept thoroughly clean.
64. All piping used for the conveyance of whey to be separated for the purpose of manufacturing whey butter shall be erected in easily handled lengths, suitably joined together with such couplings as will facilitate expeditious dismantling.
65. The internal parts of all pumps used for the pumping of whey prior to its being separated for the purpose of manufacturing whey butter shall be of some metal other than iron, and all such pumps shall be so constructed as to be readily dismantled.
66. (1) Every owner or manager of a whey-butter factory shall comply with the requirements of clauses numbered consecutively from 62 to 65 hereof (inclusive) so far as they relate to such whey-butter factory.
(2) Every owner of a manufacturing dairy shall keep for a period of at least one year after the making of such records respectively, and shall exhibit to any Inspector on demand, and supply to the Director whenever he so requests, accurate daily records of the number of pounds of each of the following dealt with in such dairy:-
(a) Butterfat in cream separated or recovered from whey;
(b) Butterfat purchased in the form of whey cream ;
(c) Butterfat in cream which has been separated from milk and added in making whey butter;
(d) Butterfat contained in milk added to whey cream; and
(e) Whey butter manufactured from such butterfat as is referred to in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this clause.

BRANDING AND MARKING.

67. (1) Before sending or allowing to be sent any butter other than milled butter to an appointed grading-store the owner of the butter shall plainly mark with stencil or rubber stamp on every package a number to indicate whether the butter was included in the first, second, third, or other specified churning (as the case may have been) of the day of its manufacture, also a number to indicate the day of the month on which the butter was manufactured. The said numbers shall be in plain figures not less than 3/4 in. nor more than 1 in. in height.
    (2) Before sending or allowing to be sent any milled butter to an appointed grading-store the owner of the butter shall plainly mark with stencil or rubber stamp on every package a number to indicate whether the butter was included in the first, second, third, or other specified milling (as the case may have been) of the day on which it was milled, also a number to indicate the day of the month on which the butter was milled. The said numbers shall be in plain figures not less than 3/4 in. nor more than 1 in. in height.
    (3) Before sending or allowing to be sent any cheese to an appointed grading-store the owner of the cheese shall plainly mark with stencil or rubber stamp on every package the words "white" or "coloured," as the case may require; the consecutive number of the package; a number to indicate whether the cheese was included in the first, second, third, or other specified vat (as the case may have been) of the day of its manufacture; and a number to indicate the day of the month on which the cheese was manufactured. The word "white" shall be placed on each end of every package in a position under the brand to be affixed pursuant to subclause (2) of clause 68 hereof, and the word "coloured" shall be placed towards one end of four battens and the four battens placed at equal distances round the package with the colour mark showing at alternate ends of the battens. The words "white" or "coloured" shall be in block letters 1 1/2 in. in height and 1/4 in. in thickness of line, and all the said numbers shall be in plain figures not less than 3/4 in. nor more than 1 in. in height. The colour of the ink used for marking shall be violet or other approved colour.
68. (l) The owner or manager of a cheese-factory or private dairy shall within twenty-four hours of the first removal of any full-cream cheese from the cheese-hoop cause every full-cream cheese manufactured therein to be clearly and indelibly branded with-
    (a) A general brand of the design set out in the form numbered 8 in the Schedule hereto:
    (b) His registered brand and the registered number of his dairy, which shall respectively be inserted in the said general brand in the appropriate spaces indicated in the said form numbered 8 in the said Schedule:

(c) The vat number of the cheese followed by the number of the day of the month on which the cheese was manufactured.
(2) The owner of every manufacturing dairy shall before allowing any butter or cheese manufactured therein to leave his dairy cause each of the two ends of every package containing such butter or cheese to be clearly and indelibly branded in the appropriate colour prescribed by clause 70 hereof with-
(a) The appropriate general brand being such one of the designs set out in the forms numbered 9 to 16 in the Schedule hereto as is applicable according to the class of dairy and the kind of produce :
(b) His registered brand and the registered number of his dairy and the net weight of the contents of the package which shall respectively be inserted in the general brand in the appropriate spaces indicated in the said forms numbered 9 to 16 in the said Schedule:
Provided that in the case of creamery butter and full-cream cheese intended for export the designs in the forms numbered 10 and 12 in the said Schedule shall not be used, but one of the designs in the forms numbered 9 and 11 shall be used as the case may require.
(3) The branding required by the last two preceding subclauses shall be effected by means of a metal die, or a stencil-plate, or a metal or rubber stamp, or partly by one and partly by another or others of such means of branding.
69. No person shall export, or attempt to export, or be concerned in exporting, any butter or cheese that is in packages which do not bear in clear and indelible figures the true net weight of the contents at the time of grading.
70. All branding and marking in the case of milled butter, whey butter, dairy butter, or dairy cheese (except actual shipping-marks) shall be in red colour, and all branding in the case of other classes of dairy-produce shall be in some dark colour other than red.

NATIONAL BRAND.

71. No person shall export or cause or permit to be exported any butter or cheese other than creamery butter or full-cream cheese graded as finest or first grade in a package branded with either of the designs in the forms numbered 9 and 11 in the Schedule hereto, unless that part of the appropriate design comprising a fern-leaf and the words "New Zealand" has been first either removed and deleted or cancelled by means of an indelible stamp-impression approximately 6 in. long and 2 in. wide and consisting of seven red bars each approximately 6 in. long and 3/16 in. wide, and it shall be lawful for any grader or other person authorized by him to remove and delete or cancel the aforesaid part of the appropriate design so as to ensure compliance with the requirements of this clause.

GENERAL PROHIBITIONS AS TO BRANDING AND MARKING.

72. (1) For the purpose of this clause the branding or marking of dairy-produce shall be deemed to extend to and include the branding or marking of any package containing dairy-produce.
    (2) It shall not be lawful-
    (a) For the owner of a registered dairy to allow his registered brand to be used for the purpose of branding any dairy-produce that has been manufactured elsewhere than in his registered dairy:
    (b) For any person other than the owner of a registered dairy to use such owner's registered brand for the purpose of branding any dairy-produce that has been manufactured elsewhere than in such registered owner's dairy:
    (c) Except in the case of the owner of a registered dairy, and in accordance with these regulations, for any person to brand any dairy-produce with the words, or any combination or abbreviation of the words,
    "New Zealand," "Creamery," "Full-cream,"
    "Dairy," or "Whey":
    (d) For the owner of a registered dairy to include in his registered brand, or for any person to stamp or mark on dairy-produce for export, any words indicative of high quality, such as "Choicest," "Choice," "Super-fine," or "Superior":
    (e) Except as provided for in these regulations, for any person to use or cause or permit to be used any words, figures, characters, design, or other marks whatever within the outermost limits of the space occupied by the brands, words, figures, and marks other than date, vat, and churning-numbers, required by these regulations to be placed upon any package containing or intended to contain dairy-produce for export.