Physical hazards
4(4) No consignment of table grapes classified as "Class 1" or "Class 2" or "Lowest Class" shall contain:
(a) any foreign matter in excess of the tolerance as set out in Table 2
4 (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulations (2) and (3), a consignment of wheat shall
(a) be free from any toxin, chemical or any other substance that renders it unsuitable for human consumption or for processing into or utilisation thereof as food or feed and may not exceed the permissible deviations regarding aflatoxin in terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act 54 of 1972;
(b) not contain more poisonous seeds or ergot sclerotia than permitted in terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act 54 of 1972;
(c) be free from organisms of phytosanitary importance as determined in terms of the Agricultural Pest Act 36 of 1983;
4. (1 ) A consignment of canola shall -
(b) be free from any substance that renders it unsuitable for human or animal consumption or for processing into or utilisation as food or feed;
(c) contain not more poisonous seeds or ergot sclerotia than permitted in terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972);
(d) shall be free from glass, metal, coal or dung;
(e) with the exception of Class Other canola, be free from insects and snails
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 0405: Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads., 1516: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared. and 1517: Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 15.16.
3. (1) No person shall, subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), sell fat spreads in the Republic
of South Africa unless --
(g) the fat spreads are free from impurities and adulterants;
Reference of the measure
Regulation 3(1)(g)
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0405
Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads.
Yes
Fat spread
1516
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared.
Yes
Fat spread
1517
Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 15.16.
2. (1) No person shall sell citrus fruit in the Republic of South Africa, other than imported citrus fruit referred to in sub regulation (3)
(g) if the citrus fruit contains a substance prescribed as a substance which it may not contain according to Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of 1947)
(3). Imported citrus fruit may be exempted from the provisions of subregulation (1), provided that the citrus fruits
(c) does not contain a substance prescribed as a substance which it may not contain according to Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of 1947);
4(3) No consignment of citrus fruit classified as "Class 1" or "Class 2" or "Lowest Class" shall contain --
(a) any organisms which may be a source of danger to the human being; and
(b) Arthropoda infestation including the organisms which according to paragraph (a) do not form part of plant injurious organisms, excluding organisms which may be a source of danger to the human being, on more than 3% of the citrus fruit or three free live Arthropoda per pallet load or part thereof in the consignment: Provided that it does not exceed a maximum of one Arthropoda per container.
Reference of the measure
Regulations 2(1) (g) , 2(3); and 4(3) (a)-(b)
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0805
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried.
No
Description
Citrus fruit i.e grapefruit, kumquats, lemons, limes, oranges and Seville oranges, pummelos (Shaddocks) as
well as soft citrus (easy peelers)
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 0306: Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling, 0307: Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumpt and 1605: Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved.
General
2. (1) For the purpose of section 2(l)(b (i) of the Act, shellfish and shellfish products are hereby deemed to be contaminated, impure, or decayed if the following biotoxins exceed the corresponding limits when measured by
the methods prescribed under the annexure to these regulations or any equivalent accredited method.
Shellfish Poisons Limits
(a) Paralytic Shellfish Poisons 0.8 mg/kg*
(b) Amnesic Shellfish Poisons 20 mg/kg**
(c) Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisons Below detection level >
*measured as saxitoxin equivalent per gram of edible shellfish flesh >
**measured as domoic acid concentration per gram edible flesh
(2) Other internationally ratified methods can be used as alternative or complementary methods to the biological testing methods, provided that their implementation provides an equivalent level of public health protection.
ANNEXURE
Test methods for biotoxins in shellfish
The table shows recommended analytical test methods (column 11) for the biotoxins in column I
Biotoxin Test Method
Paralytic Shellfish poison----------------Mouse biossay according to AOAC 1990
Amnesic Sheefish Poison --------------- HPLC Coupled to a UV dector to AOAC 1991
Diarrhetic Poison-----------------------LC coupled to MS Dector Bioassay According to AOAC
AQAC: Association of Official Analytical Chemists
HPLC: High Performance Liquid Chromatography
UV: Ultra-violet LC: Liquid Chromatography
MS: Mass Spectroscopy
Reference of the measure
Section 2
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0306
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling
No
0307
Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumpt
No
1605
Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved.
Bioavailability and concentration limits for certain elements in toys
4. Metals or elements in column I of the table below with their bioavailability as outlined in column II shall not exceed the corresponding concentration limits outlined in column 111 if used in toys.
Metal Bi availability Maximum Limit (g/kg
123.Cloves, whole or ground, shall be the dried flower buds of Eugenia caryophyllata
Thumb, and shall contain-
(a) not more than-
(i)5.0 per centum of clove stems;
(ii)8.0 per centum of total ash;
(iii)0.5 per centum of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid;
(iv)10 per centum of crude fibre;
(b)not less than 15 per centum of volatile ether extract.
Applied by Zambia on the entire world and the entire world for 1101.00.00: Wheat or meslin flour., 1102: Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin., 1105.10.00: - Flour, meal and powder and 1106: Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
285.Enriched flour shall be the flour to which has been added thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid and iron in a harmless carrier and in such amounts that one kilogram of enriched flour shall contain not less than 4.5 milligrams and not more than 5.5 milligrams of thiamine, not less than 2.7 milligrams and not more than 3.3 milligrams of riboflavin, not less than 35.5 milligrams and not more than 44.4 milligrams of nicotinic acid or niacin amide, not less than 28.9 milligrams and not more than 36.7 milligrams of iron, and may contain calcium carbonate in an amount that will provide in one kilogram of enriched flour not less than 1,111 milligrams and not more than 1,444 milligrams of calcium.
Reference of the measure
Part II para 285
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
1101.00.00
Wheat or meslin flour.
Yes
Enriched flour
1102
Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin.
Yes
Enriched flour
1105.10.00
- Flour, meal and powder
Yes
Enriched flour
1106
Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
Applied by Zambia on the entire world for 1101: Wheat or meslin flour., 1102: Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin., 1105.10.00: - Flour, meal and powder and 1106: Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
284.Flour shall be the food prepared by the grinding of cleaned milling grades of wheat, and bolting through cloth having openings not larger than those of woven nylon or wire cloth having an aperture of 180 microns, and free from bran coat and germ to such an extent that it does not exceed 1.20 per centum of ash, calculated on a moisture-free basis. It shall have not more than 15.0 per centum of moisture, and may contain malted wheat flour, malted barley flour in an amount not exceeding 1.0 per centum of the weight of the flour, and food additives the use and limits of which shall conform to those specified in regulations 325 to 334.
Reference of the measure
Part II para 284
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
1101
Wheat or meslin flour.
No
1102
Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin.
No
1105.10.00
- Flour, meal and powder
Yes
flour
1106
Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
Applied by Zambia on the entire world and the entire world for 1101: Wheat or meslin flour., 1102: Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin., 1105.10.00: - Flour, meal and powder and 1106: Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
284.Flour shall be the food prepared by the grinding of cleaned milling grades of wheat, and bolting through cloth having openings not larger than those of woven nylon or wire cloth having an aperture of 180 microns, and free from bran coat and germ to such an extent that it does not exceed 1.20 per centum of ash, calculated on a moisture-free basis. It shall have not more than 15.0 per centum of moisture, and may contain malted wheat flour, malted barley flour in an amount not exceeding 1.0 per centum of the weight of the flour, and food additives the use and limits of which shall conform to those specified in regulations 325 to 334
Reference of the measure
Part II para 284
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
1101
Wheat or meslin flour.
No
1102
Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin.
No
1105.10.00
- Flour, meal and powder
Yes
flour
1106
Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
To protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
187.No person shall sell cottage cheese or creamed cottage cheese that contains more than 10 coaglase positive staphylococci per gram or any faecal coliform per gram as determined by the prescribed method
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
283 Agar or agar-agar shall be the dried, purified, mucilaginous food obtained by aqueous extraction of sea weeds of the species Gelidium, shall contain, on the dry basis,not more than 7.0 per centum of total ash and 1.0 per centum of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid and shall yield, with water,a practically colourless and tasteless solution.Grain and Bakery Products
Applied by Zambia on the entire world for 3503: Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of heading 35.01.
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
282.Gelatin or edible gelatin shall be the protein produced by partial hydrolysis of collagen in skin, tendons, ligaments and bones of animals; may contain sulphurous acid or its salts; shall dissolve completely in warm water to get a clear translucent colloidal solution which sets to a jelly when cooled to and maintained at 15.5º for two hours; and shall contain, on the dry basis, not more than 2.0 per centum of total ash, less than 10,000 total plate count per gram and a nil coliform count in 1.0 gram
Reference of the measure
Part II para 282
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
3503
Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of heading 35.01.
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
286.Whole wheat meal (whole wheat flour) shall be the food prepared by the grinding and bolting of cleaned, milling grades of wheat from which a part of the outer bran or epidermis layer may have been separated; shall contain the natural constituents of the wheat berry to the extent of not less than 95 per centum of the total weight of the wheat from which it is milled, have not less than 1.25 per centum and not more than 2.25 per centum of ash, calculated on a moisture free basis, and not more than 15.0 per centum of moisture and such a degree of fineness that not less than 90 per centum of it bolts freely through a 2,380 micron sieve, and less than 50 per centum of it through an 840 micron sieve, and may contain malted wheat flour, malted barley flour in an amount not exceeding 1.0 per per centum of the flour, and food additives the use and limits of which shall conform to those specified in regulations 325 to 334.
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
290.Maize roller meal (mealier meal) shall be the product obtained by grinding and bolting cleaned milling grades of maize such that not less than 95 per centum of it passes through a mesh of 800 microns aperture, and shall have not more than 15.0 per centum of moisture, not more than 4.5 per centum of maize oil, not more than 2.0 per centum of crude fibre, not more than 1.5 per centum of total ash, not more than 0.3 per centum of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid and not more than 0.1 per centum alcoholic acid expressed as sulphuric acid.(As amended by S.I. Nos.37 and 93 of1992)
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
291.Maize breakfast food (degerminated maize meal) shall be the product obtained by grinding and bolting cleaned milling grades of degerminated maize from which a portion of the bran and germ has been removed and not less than 95 per centum of which passes through a wire mesh sieve of 800 microns aperture, and shall have not more than 15.0 per centum of moisture, not more than 3.0 per centum of maize oil, not more than 1.5 per centum of crude fibre, not more than 1.0 per centum of total ash, not more than 0.2 per centum of ash in soluble in hydrochloric acid and not more than 0.1 percentum alcoholic acid expressed as sulphuric acid.(As amended by S.I. Nos.39 and 93 of1992)
Reference of the measure
Part II para 291
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
1904.10.00
- Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products
A: Protection of human life and health, B: Protection of life and health of animals, C: Protection of life and health of plants and E: Protection of the environment
Description of the measure
Prescribes specifications for sampling and testing methods for broiler starter feeds and finishing concentrate, poultry grower's feed and concentrate intensive layer's feed and concentrate as well as methods of sampling and testing.
Also covers quality requirements, packaging, testing and inspection, microbial, drugs, personal hygiene, contaminants, sanitation and pest control
Reference of the measure
Page 7
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
PG: 2
Agricultural products
No
Description
Poultry feeds
Prescribes specifications for sampling and testing methods for broiler starter feeds and finishing concentrate, poultry grower's feed and concentrate intensive layer's feed and concentrate as well as methods of sampling and testing.
89.Wine shall be the product of alcoholic fermentation of the juices of grapes or other fruits, may have added to it yeast, concentrated grape juice, sugar, dextrose, or invert sugar, or aqueous solutions of any of the yeast foods, brandy or fruit spirit, carbon dioxide or oxygen, and may be treated, prior to filtration, with a strongly acid cation exchange resin in the sodium ion form or weak basic ion exchange resin in the hydroxyl form and, if food additives or food colours are used in the course of manufacture of wine,their use and limits shall conform to those specified in the Nineteenth Schedule.
Reference of the measure
Part II para 89
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
2204
Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 20.09.
90.No person shall sell wine that contains more than 0.35 percentum weight by volume of volatile acid calculated as acetic acid as determined by the prescribed method
Reference of the measure
Part II para 90
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
2204
Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 20.09.
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