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HYGROSCOPIC amp DESICCATING GOODS Ben Aitken Trading Standards Officer Trading Standards MBIE New Zealand Kevin Gudmundsson Legal Metrology Advisor Trading Standards MBIE New Zealand Hygroscopic Goods ID: 483887

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PRE-PACKAGED PRODUCTS

HYGROSCOPIC & DESICCATING GOODS

Ben Aitken

Trading Standards OfficerTrading Standards MBIENew Zealand

Kevin Gudmundsson

Legal Metrology Advisor

Trading Standards

MBIE

New ZealandSlide2

Hygroscopic Goods

LMO’s

may permit deviations in the quantity of product (i.e. hygroscopic

products) caused by ordinary and customary exposure to environmental conditions that

occur in storage and distribution in the evaluation of both the average and individual prepackage requirementsSlide3

Desiccating Goods

Case StudySlide4

Desiccating Goods

NZ Specific Requirements

Desiccating goods are goods made up in a package that lose weight or volume solely through evaporation after the package is made up.

Not to be confused with hygroscopic goods that both hydrate and dehydrate with climatic conditions.Slide5

Desiccating Goods

Grass SeedSlide6

Desiccating Goods

Marketplace surveillance revealed concerns with 25kg bags of perennial ryegrass seed Slide7

Desiccating Goods

Investigation leads to an AQS reference test at the packers premises

First sample fails AQS reference test – batch packaged 10 months earlier

Second sample, packaged one month prior, passes AQS reference test. Slide8

Desiccating Goods

The ryegrass seed had an

endophyte

living on itThe pre-packages needed to be stored at temperature of 10 degrees Celsius

They were stored in a refrigerated warehouse with very low ambient humidity

Slide9

Desiccating Goods

Some economies have a defence for goods which are deemed to be desiccating

New Zealand weights and measures legislation offers two defences for desiccating goodsSlide10

Desiccating Goods

New Zealand defences

for desiccating

goods

At all times during the

‘Required Period

’ the goods meet the requirements of AQS

At any time after the close of the required period, a sample taken from the lot contains no inadequate packages Slide11

Desiccating Goods

In this instance Trading Standards applied an educational approach which led to the development of resources to encourage compliance Slide12

Desiccating GoodsSlide13

Desiccating GoodsSlide14

Desiccating Goods