FRUIT-PACKING
NEW REGULATIONS. TOP LAYER MUST BE A FAIR SAMPLE. Considerable interest will be shown in the following regulations relating to the packing of strawberries, loganberries, raspberries, and cherries 6old, or offered or exposed for sale, as published in the Gazette last evening. The regulations are:— 1. “Container” means any package of a capacity not exceeding 31b net weight, of the fruit contained therein. “Fruit” means strawberries, loganberries, raspberries and cherries. 2. All fruit sold, or offered or exposed for sale, in a container shall be packed in suoh a manner—(a) That any fruit exposed to view shall fairly represent in size, maturity, and condition the whole contents of the* container; and (b) That the container shall be full of fruit. 3. Nothing in these regulations shall be held to prohibit “facing”—that is to say, the methodical arrangement of the individual fruits that are exposed to view in a container, provided the requirements of clause 2 hereof are complied with. 4. Every person who does anything contrary to the provisions of clause 2 hereof commits an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11932, 12 September 1924, Page 6
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193FRUIT-PACKING New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11932, 12 September 1924, Page 6
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