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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 60

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Government Notices

Agriculture and Fisheries

New Zealand Grown Fruit and Vegetables Regulations 1975

Standard Grade for Kiwifruit Sold on the Local Market and for Export to Australia (Notice No. 5147; Ag. 12/2/14)

This notice revokes the Standard Grade for the Shipments of Kiwifruit to Australia Notice 1990 (No. 4985; Ag. 12/2/14) and the Standard Grade for the Export of Kiwifruit Notice 1984 (No. 3225; Ag. 12/2/14).

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 local market kiwifruit shall be set out in this notice.

Notice

1. Title—
   (1) This notice may be cited as the Standard Grade for Kiwifruit Sold on the Local Market and for Export to Australia Notice 1992.
   (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*.

3. Application of notice—This notice determines the standard grade for kiwifruit sold in New Zealand and for export to and sale in Australia.

4. Title and grade—The grade marks assigned to this standard grade shall be Extra Class, Class 1 and Class 2 (hereinafter referred to as “the grade”(s)).

5. Definition for produce—This grade applies to kiwifruit grown from varieties of Actinidia deliciosa (A. chev) var deliciosa, to be supplied fresh to the consumer.

6. Provisions concerning grade standard requirements—The purpose of this standard is to define the grade requirements for kiwifruit at the despatching stage, after preparation and packaging and at point of wholesale.
   Refer Schedules

   • 1 Allowance for defects.
   • 2 Provisions concerning sizing.

   a. The kiwifruit must be:

   • practically free from pests and diseases;
   • intact, whole fruit;
   • sound;
   • clean;
   • free from abnormal moisture, foreign smell or taste.

   b. The kiwifruit must have a minimum average soluble solids level of 6.2 percent prior to harvest.

   c. Fruit must be typical of the variety.

   d. All parts of the fruit must be of 0.8 kgf (at 0.5°C) firmness or greater (as measured by 7.8 mm effegi penetrometer) at the time of despatch from the coolstore or packhouse.

   e. Each package must contain kiwifruit of uniform variety, grade and size.

   f. The fruit visible in each package must be of the same grade and representative of the entire contents.