NEW REGULATIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1933, Page 5

NEW REGULATIONS

DAIRY INDUSTRY

EXERCISE OF MORE CONTROL

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WELLINGTON, May. 18,

Regulations of importance tq' the dairying industry are published jn Jibe Gazette. Considerably more control is to 'be exercised i.i future over the manufacture and export of dairy produce, as the result' of which it is hoped to bring about an .improvement i n the quality, particularly in regard to cheese. In framing the regulations, the Government h:is taken into consideration the recommendations of the recent conference at Wellington representing all sections of the dairying industry. With one exception, all the ■recommendaVons are embodied in the maw regulations. Tfie dairy conference recommended that milk qn a dairy farm should be cooled to a temperature not exceeding sixty-five degrees fahrenheit, inste'd of 70 as at present, and provision is made for + nis. At present, all milk or cream must be protected against the entry of any bird, .rodent or other animal, and the scope of this regulation had been. extended to apply to all dairy apparatus till a manufacturing dairy intq which milk .or cream is passed, y In view of the provision for differ*.* entia] payments in respect .to .. several.! grades of milk, the basis on which grading will be carried out ha s **<•

if-et out with more particularity. At present, milk supplied to cheese factories is graded into first or second grade, but provision has been made permitting owners of factories to grade into an additional grade of. finest. _ . .

Provision for differentia] payments becomes effective on August 1. In the case of cheese factories, the rate is to be at least |d per lb of ibutterfat less for second grade than for' ■ first gradel Jmilk. Owners-.-,, ’ of. -cheese factories may pay a higher’-rate for fin--'est. than th e rate paid .for first grade pnilk,: , • b'jfV/’Vv” - ; .111 the case of creaw;e)ifes - and skimming j stations the t for j finest shall, be at ''least' $d pftrljlb.Adf ’ butterfat more‘than that /jpdid|||bTipjrßt grade,: and at lea s t a penny,per lbV of batterfat logs for .second grade;

. Provision is made for the regulation , of supply of milk, o| cream, ’ to. creamy , pries. skimming stations v and •• *ehe e se. factories. Once milk or cream ironanv diary farin’ is received' by -me owner of a manufacturing dairy durjng the manufacturing season, no other owner may receive milk or cream from that dairy .farm--: the season. There are srri specified cases in whicli . this apply. At. present v every grading store - in which cli ees'e is’• placed must be nmnciained .af of, not, loss than 50 d‘%re%s, : f'nor more thin 55 grees; fahrenjiait, The temperature. at whiclk o.h®es^tnust he maintained 1S now ■, varied" (according to the pi.-’'od during which it .held. 'in..Be-, tween August 1 alia •Mpvember 30,ft-he temperature.' must .not be less than 50 degrees, nor more than 54. Between December-1 and February 28 f not less than 47, nor more thari 49. between March 1 and July 31, not less than 42, nor more than 44. • Experience has shown that one range of temperature throughout the export Season is unsatisfactory. ' The conference recommended that minimum pointg for first grade cheese be raised from 90 to 91 points. There is a regulation giving effect to /this

recommendation. Provision 'is made that Tesponsibil-. it.v for the correct stamping of graded packages should be placed on the owner of the grading store, whoga employees perform this service. Provision ds also made for owners of cheese factories .and creameries to furnish monthly returns showing the total pounds 'of buttei’fat credited' to suppliers and manufactured into butter, jand/or cheese, total pounds of 'butterfat and/or cheese manufactured, an'd the yield in pounds of butter and/or cheese manufactured per pound of butterfat, credited to suppliers. The conference proposed that steps be taken to provide for the licensing of factory managers, but the factory managers’ association is to be given an opportunity to express its views concerning the lines upon which sUfb regulations should be framed , befoio anv action is taken in this direction. The regulations have been made under the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, and an opportunity has also been taken to consolidate the existing regulations as amended from time to time. Biiefly, the most important changes are: — The establishment of' milk, grading, with differential payments. The restricting of the transfer of supply from one factory to another during the manufacturing season. Provision for persons grading milk to be certified. Acceptance of the delivery of milk for cheese making to be refused if delivered after 9 a.m. on the day of delivery. Specifications for butter boxes V® prescribed in detail.