STATUTORY RULES.

1943. No. 192.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1936 AND THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905-1933.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Customs Act 1901-1936 and the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905-1933.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of July, 1943.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellencys Command,

Signature

Minister of State for Commerce and Agriculture and for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendment of the Exports (General) Regulations. †

First Schedule.

Item 3 in the First Schedule to the Exports (General) Regulations is omitted and the following Item inserted in its stead:—

3. Fruit Juice—

 

 

(a) Lemon Juice...

1. The juice shall be sound and wholesome

2. The juice shall be composed of the pure unfermented juice obtained from the properly matured fresh clean fruit of the lemon tree (Citrus medica lemonum)

3. The juice shall contain not more than fifteen per centum of free and suspended pulp when determined by the standard method (A.C.1)

4. The juice shall not be sweetened. It shall have a density due to its natural content of soluble solids of not less than 7.0 degrees Brix.

5. The juice shall contain not less than five and one-half and not more than seven and one-half parts per centum of natural fruit acids expressed as anhydrous citric acid by weight

6. The juice shall be practically free of particles of membrane, and entirely free from core, skin, seeds, rag or other residue

7. The juice shall possess distinct lemon flavour, free from traces of scorching, caramelization, oxidation or terpene

8. The juice shall be sufficiently pasteurized to ensure preservation in hermetically sealed containers. In addition, bottled lemon juice may contain sulphur dioxide in a proportion not exceeding two grains thereof to the pint

The trade description shall include the name of the fruit from which the fruit juice was obtained and, where preservatives are used, shall include also the name of the preservative and the number of grains per pint included in the juice

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1943.

† Statutory Rules 1937, No. 68, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, No. 286.

2192.—Price 3d. 20/28.6.1943.

3. Fruit Juice—continued.

 

 

(b) Orange Juice...

1. The juice shall be sound and wholesome

2. The juice shall be composed of the pure unfermented juice obtained from the properly matured fresh clean fruit of the orange tree (Citrus sinensis)

3. The juice shall contain not more than fifteen per centum of free and suspended pulp when determined by the standard method (A.C.1)

4. The juice shall not be sweetened. It shall have a density due to its natural content of soluble solids of not less than 10.0 degrees Brix.

5. The juice shall contain not less, than 0.70 per centum and not more than 1.60 per centum of natural fruit acids, expressed as anhydrous citric acid by weight

6. The amount of recoverable oil shall be not more than 0.050 per centum by volume when determined by the standard method (A.C.1)

7. The juice shall be practically free of particles of membrane and entirely free from core, skin, seeds, rag, or other residue

8. The juice shall possess distinct orange flavour, free from traces of scorching, caramelization, oxidation or terpene

9. The juice shall be sufficiently pasteurized to ensure preservation in hermetically sealed containers. In addition, bottled orange juice may contain sulphur dioxide in proportion not exceeding two grains thereof to the pint

The trade description shall include the name of the fruit from which the fruit juice was obtained and, where preservatives are used, shall include also the name of the preservative and the number of grains per pint included in the juice

(c) Grape-fruit Juice

1. The juice shall be sound and wholesome

2. The juice is composed of pure unfermented juice obtained from the properly matured fresh clean fruit of the grape-fruit tree (Citrus grandus Osbeck)

3. The juice shall contain not more than fifteen per centum of free and suspended pulp when determined by the standard method (A.C.1)

4. The juice shall be sweetened with sugar and shall test not less than 20 degrees Brix.

5. The juice shall contain not less than 0.80 per centum nor more than 2.0 per centum of natural fruit acids expressed as anhydrous citric acid by weight

6. The amount of recoverable oil shall be not more than 0.030 per centum of volume when determined by the standard method (A.C.1)

7. The juice shall be practically free of particles of membrane, and entirely free from core, skin, seeds, rag or other residue

8. The juice shall possess distinct grape-fruit flavour, free from traces of scorching, caramelization, oxidation or terpene

9. The juice shall be sufficiently pasteurized to ensure preservation in hermetically sealed containers. In addition, bottled grape-fruit juice may contain sulphur dioxide in a proportion not exceeding two grains thereof to the pint

The trade description shall include the name of the fruit from which the fruit juice was obtained and, where preservatives are used, shall include also the name of the preservative and the number of grains per pint included in the juice


3. Fruit Juice—continued.

 

 

(d) Orange Juice and Grape-fruit Juice (Blended)

1. The blended juice shall be sound and wholesome

2. The blended juice shall be composed of a combination of pure unfermented juices obtained from the properly matured fresh, clean fruits of the Orange Tree (Citrus sinensis) and of the grape-fruit tree (Citrus grandus Osbeck). The product shall contain not less than seventy-five per centum of navel orange juice

3. The blended juice shall contain not more than fifteen per centum of free and suspended pulp when determined by the standard method (A.C.1)

4. The blended juice shall not be sweetened. It shall have a density, due to its natural content of soluble solids of not less than 9.5 degrees Brix.

5. The blended juice shall contain not less than 0.75 per centum and not more than 1.65 per centum of natural fruit acids expressed as anhydrous citric acid by weight

6. The amount of recoverable oil shall be not more than 0.050 per centum by volume when determined by the standard method (A.C.1)

7. The blended juice shall be practically free of particles of membrane, and entirely free from core, skin, seeds, “rag” or other residue

8. The blended juice shall possess a normal flavour free from traces of scorching, caramelization, oxidation or terpene

9. The blended juice shall be sufficiently pasteurized to ensure preservation in hermetically sealed containers. In addition, bottled blended orange and grape-fruit juice may contain sulphur dioxide in a proportion not exceeding two grains thereof to the pint

The trade description shall include the name of the fruits from which the fruit juice was obtained and, where preservatives are used, shall include also the name of the preservative and the number of grains per pint included in the juice

(e) Other Fruit Juice

The juice shall be the clear, unfermented liquid product obtained by the first pressing of fresh, ripe fruit. It shall not contain more than .2 per centum by volume of alcohol

The trade description shall include the name of the fruit from which the fruit juice was obtained and, where preservatives are used, shall include also the name of the preservative and the number of grains per pint included in the juice

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.