29 NOVEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
5377

The Standards Act 1965—Draft Amendments to New Zealand Standard Specifications Available for Comment

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the following draft amendments are being circulated.

Number and Description of Draft

DZ 4402:Part 1/A1 Draft Amendment No. 1 to NZS 4402:—
Methods of testing soil for civil engineering purposes—
Part 1:1980 Soil classification and chemical tests. Gratis.

This draft Amendment arises from comment received on the Standard since publication. Errors will be corrected and related documents updated.

DZ 4402:Part 2P/A1 Draft Amendment No. 1 to NZS 4402:—
Methods of testing soil for civil engineering purposes—
Part 2P:1981 Soil compaction and soil density tests. Gratis.

This draft Amendment arises from comment received on NZS 4402:Part 2P since its publication in 1981.

Emphasis is placed more upon the required accuracy of readings than upon the equipment to be used to obtain such readings. Errors will be corrected and related documents updated.

After review of comments on this proposed draft amendment by the soil testing committee the Provisional Part 2 will be replaced by the updated text declared as a formal New Zealand Standard: NZS 4402:Part 2.

All persons who may be affected by these amendments and who desire to comment thereon may obtain copies from the Standards Association of New Zealand, Wellington Trade Centre, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington.

The closing date for receipt of comment is 22 March 1985.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of November 1984.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/8)

The Standards Act 1965—Overseas Specifications Available for Comment

PURSUANT to subsection (3) of section 23 of the Standards Act 1965, notice is hereby given that the under-mentioned overseas specifications are being considered for endorsement as suitable for use in New Zealand.

Number and Title of Specification

BS 2915:1984 Bursting discs and bursting disc devices. $54.20
(To supersede BS 2915:1974)

BS 5155:1984 Butterfly valves. $40.00
(To supersede BS 5155:1974)

All persons who may be affected by these specifications and who desire to comment thereon, may obtain copies from the Standards Association of New Zealand, Wellington Trade Centre, 15–23 Sturdee Street (or Private Bag), Wellington at the price shown.

The closing date for the receipt of comment is 29 January 1985.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of November 1984.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/1)

Standard Grade for the Export of Nectarines and Peaches (Notice No. 3396; Ag. 12/2/14)

THIS notice revokes the Standard Grade for the Export of Nectarines and Peaches Notice 1977 (No. 1629; Ag. 12/2/14), published in the New Zealand Gazette, Thursday, 3 February 1977.

PURSUANT to the New Zealand Grown Fruit and Vegetables Regulations 1975*, the Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby gives notice that the Standard Grade for the Export of Nectarines and Peaches shall be set out in this notice.

NOTICE

1. Title—(1) This notice may be cited as the Standard Grade for the Export of Nectarines and Peaches Notice 1984.
   (2) This notice shall come into force on the day after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Interpretation—Unless the context otherwise requires, terms and expressions used in this notice shall have the same meaning as in the New Zealand Grown Fruit and Vegetables Regulations 1975*. Certain of these terms and expressions as applicable to fruit are defined in the First Schedule to this notice.

3. Application of Notice—This notice determines the standard grade for the export of nectarines and peaches from New Zealand.

4. Title and Grade—The grade mark assigned to this standard grade shall be “Fancy” (hereinafter referred to as “the grade”).

NOTE—Consignments to European markets may have to meet specific OECD grade requirements. Refer to Second Schedule for further information.

5. Definition of Produce—This grade applies to nectarines and peaches grown from varieties of Prunus persica (L) Batsch to be supplied fresh to the consumer.

6. Provisions Concerning Quality—The purpose of this standard is to define the quality requirements for nectarines and peaches at the dispatching stage, after preparation and packaging.

(a) The nectarines and peaches must be:
—free from pests and diseases and meet any quarantine and other legal requirements of the importing country.
—intact, whole fruit.
—sound.
—clean.
—reasonably well formed—typical of variety and not more than slightly misshapen.
—free from abnormal external moisture; and
—free of foreign smell or taste.

(b) The nectarines and peaches must have been carefully picked and of a similar degree of maturity and colouring in the same line of produce. They must have matured sufficiently to complete the ripening process and be able to withstand handling, storage and transport to meet the market requirements at the place of destination.

(c) The nectarines and peaches must be of good quality and have characteristics typical of the particular variety and be free of defects which—
(i) May significantly impair the general appearance or keeping quality of the fruit, or
(ii) Are likely to make the fruit unattractive to the purchaser.

(d) The flesh must be sound, but each nectarine or peach is permitted a slight defect of shape, development or colouring and skin defects of a superficial nature such as light russet and that caused by limb or leaf rub and hail provided on size counts—
(i) 28 and larger, the aggregate area of one or more defects does not exceed 1 square centimetre, and defects of an elongated nature do not exceed 2 centimetres in length.
(ii) 30 and smaller, the aggregate area of one or more defects does not exceed 0.5 square centimetres and defects of an elongated nature do not exceed 1 centimetre in length.

(e) Colouring Criteria—for coloured strains the surface area of each fruit is required to display blushed or red colouration to the minimum percentage as follows:
Nectarine 30 percent
Peach 20 percent

7. Provisions Concerning Sizing—Sizing is determined by the maximum diameter of the equatorial section. The minimum size allowed for export is:
   Nectarines 55 mm diameter
   Peaches 55 mm diameter
   The difference in diameter of nectarines or peaches in the same package shall not exceed 5 mm.

8. Provisions Concerning Presentation—
   (a) Uniformity
   The contents of each package must be uniform; each package must contain only nectarines or peaches of the same origin, variety, quality, degree of ripeness and size. The visible part of each package must be representative of the entire contents.

(b) Packaging
The nectarines or peaches must be packed in such a way as to ensure that they are suitably protected.

The materials, and particularly the paper used inside the package, must be new, clean and of a quality such as to avoid causing any external or internal damage to the produce. The use of materials and particularly of paper or stamps bearing trade specifications is allowed provided that the printing or labelling has been done with a non-toxic ink or glue.

Packages must be free of all foreign matter.