2 DECEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3615

No reference shall be made on the label to the country of manufacture. The exposed part of the label shall be at least 80mm x 50mm (± 5 mm) of a non fibre shedding material and shall be securely sewn with a continuous filament thread. The layout of the label shall be similar to:

Trade Mark
Batch Number
Month/Year

2.10.3 Batches
The importer, supplier or manufacturer shall allocate a batch number to each order, group of orders or part of an order, before the manufacturer commences the manufacture the batch. No batch shall exceed 12,000 packs or one container load, whichever is the smaller.

A production batch is defined as a quantity of wool packs up to 12,000 in number manufactured in a specific factory and produced from the same composite raw material.

2.11 BALE IDENTIFICATION
The bales of wool packs shall be branded on the outside to include the following information in legible markings:

a) the manufacturer’s name or trade mark
b) the batch identification number
c) the month and year of manufacture

3. COMPLIANCE WITH THESE SPECIFICATIONS
   It is the responsibility of the pack importer to ensure all HDPE packs they supply are in full compliance with these specifications.

SCHEDULE TWO
THE NEW ZEALAND WOOL INDUSTRY
SPECIFICATIONS FOR WOVEN JUTE CAPLESS WOOL PACKS

DECEMBER 1993

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 TITLE:
These Standards and Procedures shall be called the “New Zealand Wool Industry Specification for Woven Jute Capless Wool Packs”.

1.2 APPLICATION DATE:
This Specification replaces all previous Specifications for Woven Jute Capless Wool Packs. All New Zealand Jute Wool Packs supplied to New Zealand after 12 December 1993 will be required to meet this specification.

2. GENERAL STANDARDS

2.1 FABRIC:
The pack fabric shall be woven from jute yarns and the fabric itself shall be reasonably free from roots, specks, bark, runners, loose leaf, loose fibre and other foreign matter.

The fabric shall be cropped on both sides and Calendered.

2.1.1 Identification Stripe
The pack shall be identified by two vertical red stripes, of not less than half Standard Depth in colour as defined in Standard 105/1 of the International Standards Organisation. Each stripe shall consist of 8 warp yarns woven into the pack fabric and the first stripe located 100mm from the selvedge. There shall be 16 warp threads separating each stripe.

2.2 MASS:
The total mass of the finished pack shall be not more than 5.2 kg and not less than 4.8kg.

2.3 DIMENSIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

2.3.1 Length
The finished pack shall have an overall length (including flaps) of 1440mm ± 15mm measured from the base seam.

2.3.2 Base

i) The internal dimensions of the base shall measure 700mm x 700mm ± 15mm in each direction.

ii) The base of the pack shall consist of two layers of the fabric.

2.3.3 Flaps
Side seams shall extend 980mm ± 15mm from the base seam.

2.4 STITCHING REQUIREMENTS:

2.4.1 The pack seams shall be sewn with a jute sewing thread.

2.4.2 The cut ends of the sewing thread shall be knotted to prevent fraying and unravelling of the thread components.

2.4.3 The cut edges of the flaps shall be folded twice and hemmed to avoid fraying.

2.4.4 The completed pack shall not contain or carry any loose twine, or fabric, left over from manufacture.

2.5 PACK MANUFACTURER’S LABEL:
A permanent label 100mm by 50mm shall be affixed to a side seam of each pack and in such a manner that the following details are clearly visible on the outside:

a) the manufacturer’s name or trade mark
b) the batch identification number
c) the month and year of manufacture

2.6 BATCHES:
The importer, supplier or manufacturer shall allocate a batch number to each order, group of orders or part of an order, before the manufacturing mill commences to manufacture the batch. No batch shall exceed 4,000 packs.

2.7 BALE IDENTIFICATION:
The bales of wool packs shall be branded on the outside to include the following information in legible markings:

a) the manufacturer’s name or trade mark;
b) the batch identification number;
c) the month and year of manufacture.

3. STANDARDS FOR PACK AND PACK FABRIC

3.1 Standard of Breaking Load
When tested in accordance with the procedure specified in paragraph 4.1 below, the fabric of the pack shall have a breaking load of not less than 220kg force in the warp-ways direction and not less than 220kg force in the weft-ways direction.

3.2 Standard of Seam Strength
When tested in accordance with the procedure specified in paragraph 4.2 below, the pack seams shall have a strength of not less than 100kg force on side/seams and not less than 100kg force on side/bottom seams.

3.3 Standard of Oil Content
When tested in accordance with the procedure specified in paragraph 4.3 below, the calculated oil content of the fabric of no pack tested shall exceed 7.0%.

4. TEST SPECIFICATIONS

4.1 Determine the breaking load by the method described in Australian Wool Corporation Test Method No 30 (27 July 1990).

4.2 Determine the seam strength in accordance with the method described in Australian Wool Corporation Test Method No 31 (27 July 1990).