FRUIT MARKETING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 200, 23 August 1940, Page 4

FRUIT MARKETING.

NEW REGULATIONS. WELLINGTON, tin. day. ♦v 2? ■ «2T 2^t ,a ? d Grown Eroit Regulato%i J 2J?' wh, # *?• contained m tojVUnts "Gazette," replace similar regulations dated IWB, at the came time amending thenvto dovetail into the Apple and Pear■ Marketing Regulattooa and Lemon Marketing Regulations.-which are administered by the Marketing Department in respect of the marketing of apples, pears and lemons in New Zealand. The Marketing Department's regulations eet out broadly the basis on which fruit ehaU be marketed by or on behalf of that Department, and stipulate that all fruit delivered to the Department for sale shall be inspected by authorised inspectors under the Department of Agriculture to determine whether the fruit is properly packed and graded. The new regulations ' also contain detailed grading standards for apples, pears and lemons to replace the geheral grading standards laid down by the Marketing Department for operation with the commencement of the prevent fruit marketing season. Opportunity is also taken to include grading standards for stone fruits, but such grading is not applicable before November 1, 1941. In addition the regulations include grading standards for sweet oranges and dessert and marmalade grapefruit.—(Press Assn.)