14 NOVEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3585

Government Notices

Agriculture and Fisheries

Apiaries Act 1969

Disease Control Area Notice (No. 2) 1991
(Notice No. 5123)

This notice is made pursuant to section 16 of the Apiaries Act 1969 and in respect of clause 2 hereof section 13A of the Animals Act 1967.

This notice shall come into effect on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

1. The land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared to be a disease control area for the purposes of section 16 of the Apiaries Act 1969.

2. The Restrictions on the Movement of Animals and Disease Control Area Notice 1991 dated 8 November 1991 is hereby revoked.

Schedule

All that area within a line drawn:

— from Pitt Head in Tasman Bay in a westerly direction to Murray Peak; and thence

— in a southerly direction to the summit of the Takaka Hill Road on State Highway 60; and thence

— in a southerly direction in a straight line to Kawatiri; and thence

— in a straight line to Howard; and thence

— in a straight line south-east to St Arnaud; and thence

— in a straight line north to Mount Rintoul; and thence

— in a north-east direction along the Bryant Range to the Mangatapu Saddle; and thence

— down the true left bank of the North Branch of the Maitai River to its mouth; and thence

— along a straight line north-west to Pitt Head.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of November 1991.

M. W. CRAIG, in exercise of powers delegated under section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988.

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New Zealand Grown Fruit and Vegetables Regulations 1975

Standard Grade for the Export of Buttercup Squash (Notice No. 5121; Ag. 12/2/14)

This notice revokes the Standard Grade for the Export of Buttercup Squash Notice (No. 4940; Ag. 12/2/14) published in the New Zealand Gazette on 2 November 1989 at page 5575.

Pursuant to regulations 13 and 16 of 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 Buttercup Squash shall be set out in this notice.

Notice

1. Title—(1) This notice may be cited as the Standard Grade for the Export of Buttercup Squash Notice 1991.

(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 are applicable to buttercup squash.

2.1 Application of notice—This notice determines the standard grade for the export of buttercup squash from New Zealand.

2.2 Title and grade—The grade mark assigned to this standard grade shall be grade 1 (hereinafter referred to as “the grade”).

2.3 Definition of produce—This grade applies to buttercup squash grown from varieties of Cucurbita maxima to be supplied fresh to the customer.

Note: Buttercup squash for industrial processing is excluded from this grade providing the packages are marked accordingly.

2.4 Provisions concerning quality—The purpose for this standard is to define the quality requirements for buttercup squash at the dispatching stage, after preparation and packaging.

Refer Schedules:

One—Definition of terms.

Two—Provisions concerning sizing, tolerance and presentation.

Three—Allowance for defects.

2.5 Provisions concerning packaging (refer Schedule Four).

2.6 General Information (refer Schedule Five).

Schedule One

3. Definition of terms:

3.1 “Colour” means typical of the variety.

3.2 “Cured” means that at the time of loading into the export sea container or vessel the squash has been held for an adequate time period to allow:

(a) The cut surface of the stalk to dry;

(b) The remainder of the stalk to have commenced shrivelling to a firm texture with a brown withered surface.

(c) During the curing/holding process all product must be stored to allow maximum ventilation, and have a minimum of 10 cm between rows of stacked bins.

3.3 An adequate time period is considered to be:

(a) In the case of dry/door off container shipment:

a minimum of 48 hours with strong recommendation for 72 hours from harvest to shipment.

(b) In the case of reefer vessel shipment:

a minimum of 96 hours with a strong recommendation for 192 hours from harvest to shipment.

3.4 “Mature” means that the squash has reached a minimum maturity at harvest as indicated by:

(a) the development of prominent brown flecks on the stalk; and

(b) the development of a dull dark green colour to the skin, with the loss of a glossy sheen on the skin; and

(c) a full orange colour in the flesh; and

(d) that all seed display kernel formation that is firm.

3.5 “Sound” means free from any progressive decay, rots, (including small shallow rots even if dry and calloused), breakdown freezing or chilling injury, damage and similar