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Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 July 1989
- Publication where the measure is specified
- Fisheries Principal regulationa, Government Notice No 317 published 15/9/1989
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- Fisheries Principal regulations 1989
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Tanzania
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 13.-(1) No person shall engage in fishing, collecting or export of any of the fish or fish products enumerated in part (b) of the Third Schedule of these Regulations unless he is the holder of a valid licence Permitting him to engage in fishing or collecting or export of the type of fish products of specified on the licence.
(2) No person shall employ, cause or permit any other person to or fish engage in fishing, collecting or export of any type of fish or fish product which such first mentioned person is prohibited from fishing, collecting or export by the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Regulation.
(3) The fees stated against each type of fish or fish product specified in part (b) of the Third Schedule of these Regulations shall be payable to licences for fishing, collecting or export of these types of fish products.
(4) Application for licences under this Regulation shall be in the Appropriate Forms Sea) and 5(b) Prescribed in the First Schedule Of 95a) and 5(b) of these Regulations.
(5) Licences Under this Regulation shall be in the appropriate Form 6 Prescribed in the First Schedule of these Regulations
6) On receipt of an application and the prescribed fee, a licensing authority may, subject to the provisions of the Act and of these Regulations issue a licence in the prescribed Form 6 of these Regulations.
(7) (a)No person shall by way of trade, buy, sell or otherwise deal in ordinary fish unless a valid licence is issued to him under Business Licensing Act, or is exempted from such a licence in respect of his trade in fish or fish products under these Regulations.
(b) Fees for the licences and export royalities are shown in part (c) of the Third Schedule of these Regulations and the exempted group .included fishermen with valid special licences issued by the Director of Fisheries under Regulation 20 of these Regulations, who may sell or otherwise deal in fish or fish products throughout the country in tea rooms, Restaurants, hotels, shops and at fish receiving stations.
(c) Fish hawking is prohibited and instead all hawkers should sell their fish or fish products in fish markets or other pre-scribed places and shall have valid licences issued under Business Licence Act.
(d) No person other than licensed fishermen or fish dealer shall posses fish or fish productsspecified in part (d) in the Third Schedule of these Regulations without a certificate of ownership in the prescribed Form 7
(e) No person shall fish, kill sea turtle, possess turtle shell or deal in turtle shell or any other species classified asen- dangered in any International Convention which Tanzania is a party
19.-(1) Every licensee shall furnish to the licensing authority such records pertaining to fish, species of fish products captured, killed, processed, preserved, packed,bought,sold,imported,exported,or otherwise acquired or disposed off as the Director of Fisheries may by general or special order direct.
(2) Every licensee shall submit to the licensing authority such periodic returns as the Director of Fisheries may by general or special order direct. - Reference of the measure
- Part III section B para 13 ( 3-7), section C para 19
- Measure also domestic
- No
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out PG: 16 Fish products and fresh or chilled fish No - Description
- Fishs amd fish products
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
- Description
- Tanzania
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Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 July 2010
- Publication where the measure is specified
- East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004,Regulations, 2010
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- The East African Community Customs ManagementRegulations, 2010
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Tanzania
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 169. (1) Goods imported into an export processing zone shall be entered using Form C.17.
(2) An importer of goods to which sub-regulation (1) applies shall execute a security bond using the Customs Bond Form.
(3) Goods to which sub-regulation (1) applies shall be –
(a)consigned to the proper officer in charge of the relevant export processing zone, in sealed containers, boxes or vehicles except in the case of exceptionally bulky loads which cannot be contained in such containers, boxes or vehicles;
(b)accompanied by a copy of Form C 17;and
(c)recorded in the receipt and deliveries register.
(4) Goods imported into an export-processing zone shall be examined within the export-processing zone where the owner shall provide examination facilities.
(5) Notwithstanding sub-regulation (4), the Commissioner may on reasonable grounds direct a proper officer to carry out examination of the goods at the point of importation within the customs territory or before entry into the export processing zone.
(6) For the purposes of cancellation of a security bond, the proper officer shall return a copy of Form C.17 duly certified by him or her, to the owner, for presentation at the port of importation.
(7) Goods imported into the export-processing zone from the customs territory shall be entered in Form C 17.
Maintenance of stock records
170. (1) An operator of an enterprise within an export processing zone shall maintain stock records of the raw materials and the finished products in a monthly return register of finished and semi-finished goods and a raw materials register or in any other approved manner.
(4) An operator of an enterprise within an export processing zone enterprise shall submit monthly returns on the stock held in the enterprise, to the proper officer in a prescribed manner, before the 15thday of the following month. Exportation of goods from export processing zones.
171. (1) Goods intended for export shall be entered using Form C.17.
(2) A bond for the removal of goods from an export processing zone to the port of exportation shall be executed using the Customs Bond Form
(3) Goods to which sub-regulation (1) applies shall be produced to the proper officer for the purpose of examining and sealing of the container, box or vehicle in which the goods are contained.
(4) A copy of the entry made under sub-regulation (1) shall accompany the goods to the port of exportation within the Community.
(5) The proper officer may, where the seals referred to in sub-regulation (3) are tampered with, or on any reasonable grounds, examine the goods at the port of exportation
172. (1) Goods moved from one export processing zone to another export processing zone shall be entered using Form C.17.
(2) A security bond for the movement of goods from one export processing zone to another export processing zone shall be executed using the Customs Bond Form.
(3) The proper officer shall return a copy of Form C.17 duly certified by him or her at the receiving export-processing zone to the owner, for presentation to the proper officer at the dispatching export-processing zone for the purpose of cancellation of the security bond.
(4) Where goods are intended to be removed from one enterprise to another enterprise, within the same export processing zone, the person in charge of the enterprise removing the goods shall inform the proper officer accordingly - Reference of the measure
- Part XIV Section 169 (1) (2) (3) (6) & (7) , section 170 (1) (4), section 171 (1) (2) (4), section 172
- Measure also domestic
- No
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out PG: 1 All products No 01 July 2010 - Description
- Exports
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Tanzania 01 July 2010 -
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 July 2010
- Publication where the measure is specified
- East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004,Regulations, 2010
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- The East African Community Customs ManagementRegulations, 2010
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Tanzania
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 174. A security bond shall be furnished using the Customs Bond to cover movement of goods from one export processing zone to another or between the enterprises within a particular export processing zone, or between the export processing zones and the ports of importation or exportation.
- Reference of the measure
- Part XIV Section 174
- Measure also domestic
- No
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out PG: 1 All products Yes 01 July 2010 - Description
- Exports
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Tanzania 01 July 2010 -
Applied by Tanzania on the entire world
The measure came into effect on 26 October 2010
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 26 October 2010
- Publication where the measure is specified
- The CASHEWNUT BOARD ACT No. 18 of 2009, Regulations 2010
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- Cashewnut Industry Regulations, 2010
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Tanzania
- Coded list of objectives
- A: Protection of human life and health
- Description of the measure
- 41 (5) Upon shipment of a consignment, every exporter shall, not later than seven days from the date of shipment, submit all relevant shipping and banking documents to the Board which include copy of letter of credit, bill of lading, weight certificate and any other documents in support of bank receipts, dully stamped and signed by relevant authorities.
- Reference of the measure
- Part VII Regulation 41(5)
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
- Description
- Cashew nuts
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world -
Applied by Tanzania for 5201.00.00: Cotton, not carded or combed.
The measure came into effect on 01 January 2011
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 January 2011
- Publication where the measure is specified
- The Cotton Industry Act ( Cap 201)
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- The Cotton Industry Regulations, 2011
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Tanzania
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 50-(1) A person registered under these Regulations shall maintain books and records of cotton dealing and shall, using the prescribed forms under the Fifth Schedule, submit to the Board accurate and proper reports of-
(a)in the case of a licensed buyer and processor, the amount of cotton purchased or processed by him for every week, month or year within a cotton season;
(b)in the case of a licensed exporter, cotton purchased and exported, within each month of the cotton season;
(c)in the case of a licensed importer, a monthly return of cotton imported and sold locally.
(d)In the case of textile spinning mill, a monthly report of lint purchased.
(2) Any information under Sub regulation (1) shall be availed to cotton inspectors upon request.
(3) The Board shall compile and may upon request furnish a copy of the monthly report to key stakeholders - Reference of the measure
- Part IX para 50 (1b,2 &3)
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out 5201.00.00 Cotton, not carded or combed. No - Description
- Cotton
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
- Description
- Tanzania
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Applied by Uganda on the entire world for
The measure came into effect on 01 January 2005
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 January 2005
- Publication where the measure is specified
- The East African Community Customs Management
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- The East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 70.(1)The goods specified in Part A of the third, Schedule are prohibited goods and the exportation of the goods is prohibited.
(2)The goods specified in Part B of the Third Schedule Are restricted goods and the exportation of the goods, save in accordance with any conditions regulating their exportation, is prohibited. - Reference of the measure
- Part V Section 70(2)
- Measure also domestic
- No
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out PG: 1 All products No - Description
- Exports
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world 01 January 2005 - Description
- Uganda
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Applied by Uganda on Uganda for 31: Fertilisers and 3808: Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi
The measure came into effect on 01 January 2015
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 January 2015
- Publication where the measure is specified
- The control of agricultural chemicals Act, statutory Instrument 29-1
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- The control of Agricultural Chemicals (regulations control) regulations
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 4. Matters required to be registered.
(1) No agricultural chemical whether imported or manufactured in Uganda shall be used, stored, distributed or dealt in in Uganda by way of business unless it is duly registered in the register of agricultural chemicals and a certificate is issued in respect of it under these Regulations.
(2) No person shall manufacture, import, export, store, use, distribute or otherwise deal in any agricultural chemical by way of business unless he or she is duly registered in the register of fumigators and commercial applicators as a fumigator or a commercial applicator and is issued with a certificate in relation to the registration under these Regulations.
(3) No person—
(a) shall use any premises for the manufacturing, formulating, packaging, storing, or selling of any agricultural chemicals; or
(b) being the owner or occupier of any premises, shall permit the premises to be used for the manufacturing, storing or selling of any agricultural chemical,
unless the premises are registered for the purpose in the register of premises referred to in regulation 3 of these Regulations and a certificate of registration is issued in respect of the registration under these Regulations.
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, the requirement of registration of agricultural chemicals includes a requirement of registration of—
(a) a new product being introduced or manufactured in or outside Uganda for the first time, as a new common name and trade name;
(b) a product already existing in Uganda as a common name but which product is being reformulated; and
(c) a product already registered in Uganda under one type of formulation, where the formulation or its trade name changes - Reference of the measure
- Part I section 4(2)
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out 31 Fertilisers No 3808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi Yes Agricultural Chemicals - Description
- Agricultural Chemicals
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Uganda 01 January 2015 - Description
- Uganda
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Applied by Uganda on Uganda for 93: Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
The measure came into effect on 01 December 1970
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 December 1970
- Publication where the measure is specified
- CHAPTER 299 THE FIREARMS ACT
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- Firearms Act 1970
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 26. Importation and exportation of firearms and ammunition.
(1)No person shall import or export any firearm or ammunition except at any one or more places designated for the purpose by the Minister by a notice published in the Gazette and under and in accordance with an import permit issued by the chief licensing officer or an export permit issued by a licensing officer.
(2)No person shall import or export any firearm or ammunition, or any firearm or ammunition of a class or type, of which the importation or exportation, as the case may be, is for the time being prohibited by the Minister by statutory order.
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for life. The chief licensing officer or a licensing officer, as the case may be, may, at his or her discretion, refuse to grant any import or export permit under this section without assigning any reason for the refusal, and shall refuse to grant any such permit authorising—the importation or exportation of any arms or ammunition of war unless the Minister has sanctioned the importation or exportation; the importation or exportation of any firearm or ammunition of which the importation or exportation, as the case may be, is for the time being prohibited under subsection (2); and the importation of any firearm or ammunition which has previously been exported without having obtained an export permit under this Act.
Import and export permits under this section shall be in the prescribed forms and there shall be payable in respect of the permits such fees as may be prescribed.
The chief licensing officer or a licensing officer, as the case may be, may, without assigning any reason for the revocation, revoke any import or export permit granted under this section at any time before the firearms or ammunition to which it relates have been imported or exported.
Any person who, for the purpose of procuring whether for himself or herself or for any other person the issue of an import or export permit under this section, makes any statement which he or she knows to be false or does not believe to be true, commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings or to both. For the purposes of subsection (2), “ firearm” includes a safety, toy and alarm pistol, and a rifle which is capable of being converted into, or has the appearance of, a barrelled weapon or which can be used or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or similar substance.
28. Firearms and ammunitions in transit.
A customs officer shall, after consultation with the chief licensing officer and after obtaining approval of the Minister, grant with or without conditions, or refuse, suspend or revoke transit permits for transportation across Uganda of firearms or ammunition to any place outside Uganda.
Any person who fails to comply with any condition subject to which a transit permit is issued commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to both, and the court before which the person in convicted may order the forfeiture of the firearm or ammunition to which the permit relates. - Reference of the measure
- Section 26 &28
- Measure also domestic
- No
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out 93 Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof No - Description
- firearms and ammunition
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Uganda 01 December 2009 - Description
- Uganda
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Applied by Uganda on the entire world
The measure came into effect on 01 January 2003
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 January 2003
- Publication where the measure is specified
- Statutory Instruments No. 26 of 2003
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- The Dairy (Marketing and Processing of milk and milk products) Regulations , 2003.
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- A: Protection of human life and health
- Description of the measure
- Application for pre-shipment inspection and transport permit
- Reference of the measure
- Sixth Schedule
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
- Description
- Milk or milk products or dairy equipment or starter cultures
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world -
Applied by Uganda on the entire world for
The measure came into effect on 19 May 2003
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 19 May 2003
- Publication where the measure is specified
- Statutory Intruments, 2003 No.81
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- Fish (Aquaculture} rules, 2003
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- E: Protection of the environment
- Description of the measure
- (1) No person shall export or import live fish for purposes of aquaculture Without a permit issued by the Chief Fisheries Officer.
(2) No person shall import live fish into Uganda for purposes of aquaculture Without certificate of import of live fish into Uganda as prescribed in the Sixth Schedule to these Rules.
(3) The fish species that may be exported or imported under sub rule (l) are those specified in the Eighth Schedule to these Rules.
(4) A fish transfer permit specified in the Tenth Schedule shall be issued on Payment of the fee set out in the twelveth Schedule to these Rules.
(5) A person or establishment intending to transfer fish within Uganda for aquaculture purposes shall apply to the Chief Fisheries Officer for a permit in the form set out in Form C of the Ninth Schedule to these Rules.
(6) A fish export or import permit specified in the Seventh Schedule shall be issued on payment of fees set out in twelveth Schedule to these Rules.
(7) The Chief Fisheries Officer may refuse to give permission for transfer of any fish if the fish to be transferred—
(a) presents danger of genetic contamination of native or existing gene pools through hybridisation;
(b) Presents danger of degradation of native species through the influx of exotic genes that are less fit either by means of hybridization or, hypothetically by gene transfer;
(c) Presents a danger of loss of native species or change in species Composition through competition, predation and habitat degradation
22. Refusal by the Chief Fisheries Officer to issue Permit
The Chief Fisheries Officer may refuse to issue a permit for import, export production or sale of aquaculture inputs in form of genetic materials and technologies for use in aquaculture if inputs pose an unacceptable risk. - Reference of the measure
- Section 16 (3) and section 22
- Measure also domestic
- No
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out PG: 16 Fish products and fresh or chilled fish No 19 May 2003 - Description
- fish species and fish inputs
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world 19 May 2003 -
Applied by Uganda on the entire world
The measure came into effect on 06 December 1951
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 06 December 1951
- Publication where the measure is specified
- The Hide and Skin Trade Act
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- The Hide & Skin Cap 89
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- B: Protection of life and health of animals
- Description of the measure
- 7. Restrictions on export of hides and skins.
The commissioner may by statutory instrument appoint places in Uganda to be known as hides and skins exporting centres, and after the exporting centres have been so appointed, no exporter shall export any hides or skins except through a hides and skins exporting centre or through a place specified under section 3 of the Hides and Skins (Export Duty) Act. - Reference of the measure
- Regulation 7
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
- Description
- Hides and skins
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world -
Applied by Uganda on the entire world
The measure came into effect on 01 April 1962
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 April 1962
- Publication where the measure is specified
- The Hides and Skins (Export Duty) Act. CAP 339
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- The Hides and Skins (Export Duty) Act. CAP 339
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- B: Protection of life and health of animals
- Description of the measure
- 3. No export except in specified manner or from specified places.
No hide, skin or game hide shall be exported from Uganda except by railfrom Kampala and Mbale railway stations or through a hides and skins exporting centre appointed under section 7 of the Hide and Skin Trade Act; except that the commissioner of customs and excise may, in his or her discretion, give permission for the export of any particular lot or lots of hides, skins or game hides in any manner or from any place to be named by him or her. - Reference of the measure
- Regulation 3
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
- Description
- Hide, skin or game hide
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world -
Applied by Uganda on the entire world
The measure came into effect on 17 November 1994
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 17 November 1994
- Publication where the measure is specified
- The Uganda Gazette Extraordinary No. 51 volume LXXXVII dated 16th November, 1994.
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- The Coffee Regulations , 1994
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 21. (1) No person shall export coffee unless that person has applied for pre-shipment inspection and has been issued with a valid road or rail permit by the Authority in respect of the coffee to be exported.
- Reference of the measure
- Part IV para 21 (1)
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
- Description
- Coffee
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world -
Applied by Uganda on the entire world
The measure came into effect on 01 August 1996
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 August 1996
- Publication where the measure is specified
- The Uganda Wild Life Act Chapter 200
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- The Uganda Wild Life Act Chapter 200
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 76. Offences relating to import, export or reexport of specimen of protected species.
Any person who is convicted of an offence under section 66 or 67 or under regulations made under section 67 is liable to a fine of not less than ten million shillings or to imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years, and in any case the fine shall not be less than the value of the specimen involved in the commission of the offence. - Reference of the measure
- Part XII para 76
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
- Description
- Wild life
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world -
Applied by Uganda on the entire world for 41: Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
The measure came into effect on 06 December 1951
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 06 December 1951
- Publication where the measure is specified
- CHAPTER 89 THE HIDE AND SKIN TRADE ACT.
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- Hides and skin Trade Act
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 4. Restrictions on internal purchases by noncitizens.
(1) Subject to subsection (3), it shall not be lawful for any person—
(a) who is not a citizen of Uganda to hold a buyers licence for the purposes of undertaking any of the business specified in section 3;
(b) who is a citizen of Uganda to trade, under a buyers licence issued to that citizen, on behalf of any person who is not a citizen of Uganda; or
(c) who is not a citizen of Uganda to engage or allow a person who is a citizen of Uganda to trade directly or indirectly on his or her behalf under a buyers licence issued to that citizen.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a citizen of Uganda includes—
(a) a cooperative society registered under the Cooperative Societies Act, all of whose members are citizens of Uganda; and
(b) a company registered under the Companies Act or, as the case may be, a firm which is wholly owned by persons who are citizens of Uganda.
(3) Notwithstanding this section, any person, whether he or she is a citizen of Uganda or not, may be issued with an exporters-buyers licence for the purposes of purchasing the hides and skins required for any export business he or she may wish to undertake under the provisions of Part III of this Act.
(4) The holder of an exporters-buyers licence shall not purchase any hides or skins—
(a) from any person other than a registered cooperative society or company specified under subsection (2); or
(b) at any place other than at his or her licensed export premises.
(5) Any person who contravenes any provision of this section commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both, and in addition to that penalty the court by or before which the person is convicted may, in its discretion, revoke any licence issued to him or her under this Act.
5. Buyers licences and conditions attached to the licences.
(1) A licensing officer may upon receipt of an application in the form and manner prescribed under section 15(1)(a) issue or renew a buyers licence if he or she is satisfied that the applicant—
(a) possesses sufficient knowledge of the hides and skins trade;
(b) is capable of complying with the conditions prescribed under subsection (3);
(c) maintains premises which are suitable for the purpose of buying and storing hides and skins;
(d) has not within the last five years before the date of the application or subsequently to the issue of the licence, as the case may be, been convicted of any offence against this Act or rules made under this Act or any previous written law relating to the control of hides and skins;
(e) has not within the last five years before the date of the application or subsequently to the issue of the licence, as the case may be, been convicted of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty; and
(f) is not an undischarged bankrupt or a company in liquidation.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), “applicant” includes in the case of a corporation or firm any director, officer or partner of that corporation or firm, and its local manager.
(3) In addition to any conditions which may be prescribed under the provisions of section 15, it shall be a condition of every buyers licence that the licensee shall—
(a) maintain the licensed premises in a fit and proper condition to the satisfaction of a veterinary officer;
(b) store all hides and skins purchased by him or her in the premises to which his or her licence relates;
(c) keep all hides and skins stored in the licensed premises free from avoidable damage;
(d) grade all hides and skins before purchase and ensure that the grading is carried out to the satisfaction of a veterinary officer;
(e) buy and sell each hide or skin, other than a goat or sheep skin, by grade as well as by weight;
(f) buy and sell each goat or sheep skin by grade as well as by the piece;
(g) pay prices which differentiate to the satisfaction of a veterinary officer between the various classes and grades of hides or skins;
(h) display at the premises to which the licence relates in the prescribed manner the prices which he or she offers; those prices shall not be altered during the same day nor shall he or she purchase hides or skins at prices lower than those prices;
(i) purchase hides or skins for cash only;
(j) keep at the licensed premises proper books in English, Luganda,Arabic or Gujerati showing day by day the following particulars of each transaction entered into by him or her—
(i) in the case of all purchases, the date and price paid, and in respect of hides and calf skins, the weight and grade or, in respect of goat and sheep skins, the number and grade;
(ii) the date of disposal of any hides or skins purchased and details of the transaction;
(iii) in the case of purchases of green hides or green skins for preparation, details of the transaction;
(k) preserve those books for not less than two years from the date of the last entry in them.
(4) Every buyers licence shall specify the premises to which it relatesand, subject to subsection (8), shall not be valid except in relation to those premises.
(5) A buyers licence shall not be transferable by the licensee to any other person.
(6) A buyers licence shall, unless previously cancelled, or suspended under the powers conferred by section 6, remain valid for one year, after which application shall be required to be made for its renewal.
(7) A separate buyers licence shall be required in respect of each of two or more premises owned or occupied by a single licensee.
(8) A licensing officer may, upon application, if satisfied that the applicant licensee continues to possess the qualifications required by subsection (1), order the transfer of a buyers licence to premises other than those in relation to which it was issued or is held.
7. Restrictions on export of hides and skins.
The commissioner may by statutory instrument appoint places in Uganda to be known as hides and skins exporting centres, and after the exporting centres have been so appointed, no exporter shall export any hides or skins except through a hides and skins exporting centre or through a place specified under section 3 of the Hides and Skins (Export Duty) Act.
13. Only exporters to apply regional brand marks.
No person other than the holder of an exporters-buyers licence or a person
acting under his or her instructions shall place on any hide or skin the distinguishing mark referred to under section 9(2)(c), nor remove for export
or sale any hide or skin from the region in which it has been prepared. - Reference of the measure
- Part II section 4(1,2,4) & 5, part III section 7, part V section 13
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out 41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather Yes hides and Skin - Description
- Hides and Skin
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world 06 December 1951 - Description
- All countries
-
Applied by Uganda on Uganda for 26: Ores, slag and ash and 27: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
The measure came into effect on 01 January 2003
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 January 2003
- Publication where the measure is specified
- THE MINING BILL, 2003
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- THE MINING ACT, 2003
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 72.(1) Every holder of a mineral dealer's licence shall keep a register showing –
(a)all purchases and sales of minerals made by such holder and the nature and weight of the minerals;
(b)the price paid or received for the minerals and the date of each purchase or sale;
(c) the name and address of the vendor and his or her right to be in possession of such minerals;
(d) the name and address of the purchaser or consignee to whom the minerals are sold or consigned; and shall –
(i) cause every transaction to be recorded in the register within twenty four hours of being made; and
(ii) produce and exhibit the register to the Commissioner, an authorised officer or any police officer notbelow the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police whenever so required.
(2)Every holder of a mineral dealer's licence shall deliver to the Commissioner in the months of March, June, September and December, a copy of the record referred to in subsection (1) of this section for the preceding three months, together with a declaration that the record is correct.
(3) A holder of a mineral dealer’s licence who fails to comply with any of the provisions of subsection (1) and (2) of this section commits an offence. - Reference of the measure
- Part VI section 72
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out 26 Ores, slag and ash Yes Minerals 27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes Yes Minerals - Description
- Minerals
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Uganda 01 January 2003 - Description
- Uganda
-
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 03 December 1993
- Publication where the measure is specified
- CHAPTER 206 THE NATIONAL DRUG POLICY AND AUTHORITY ACT.
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- THE NATIONAL DRUG POLICY AND AUTHORITY ACT
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Uganda
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 45. Exportation of drugs.
(1) No person or body shall export any drug or preparation without having a licence in relation to that export from the drug authority.
(2) The licence shall be valid for one year and shall specify the drug to be exported.
(3) A person who exports any classified drugs shall keep a record in the prescribed form of all exports. - Reference of the measure
- Part V section 45(3)
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out PG: 23 Medicines No - Description
- Drugs
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Uganda 03 December 1993 - Description
- Uganda
-
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for
The measure came into effect on 08 May 2014
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 08 May 2014
- Publication where the measure is specified
- GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15 August 2013
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: AIR QUALITY ACT, 2004 (ACT NO. 39 OF 2004) REGULATIONS REGARDING THE PHASING-OUT AND MANAGEMENT OF OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES
- Country/Region applying the measure
- South Africa
- Coded list of objectives
- E: Protection of the environment
- Description of the measure
- INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Importers or exporters of ozone depleting substances
8. (1)A person who imports or exports of ozone depleting substances listed in Appendix A must, annually, at the end of January every year, report to the Department the total quantities imported or exported for the previous year.
(2)The report contemplated in sub-regulation (1) must be in a table format, containing the following information-
(a)the name of the importer or exporter;
(b)the physical address of the importer or exporter;
(c)the name, surname and contact details of the person in charge of the import or export;
(d)the import or export permit number, issued in terms of the International Trade Administration Commission Act, 2002 (Act No. 71 of 2002);
(e)the total quantities of ozone depleting substances imported or exported for the reporting period in question;
(3)Before the end of January every year, every user who has been granted approval for a critical use must, for each ozone depleting substance, report to the Department annually the nature of the use, the quantities used during the previous year and the quantities held in stock.
(4)An importer or exporter contemplated in sub-regulation (1) must keep a copy of the annual report for 5 years after submission to the Department. - Reference of the measure
- Section 8
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out PG: 36 Ozone-depleting substances No - Description
- Ozone Depleting Substances
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world 08 May 2014 - Description
- All countries
-
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 5102.19: -- Other
The measure came into effect on 19 October 2012
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 19 October 2012
- Publication where the measure is specified
- 38 No. 35790 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19 OCTOBER 2012
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ACT, 1996 (ACT NO. 47 OF 1996) ESTABLISHMENT OF STATUTORY MEASURE - RECORDS AND RETURNS BY BROKERS, TRADERS, PROCESSORS, IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS OF MOHAIR
- Country/Region applying the measure
- South Africa
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- 5. RECORDS TO BE KEPT BY BROKERS, TRADERS, PROCESSORS,
IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS
(1)Each broker, trader, processor, importer and exporter of mohair shall keep the following records with regard to mohair that he or she has in his or her possession or under his or her control:
(I)Brokers and traders or mohair buyers
(a) Monthly receipts of mohair by total mass.
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(b) Monthly purchases of mohair by total mass not for offer for sale by
catalogue.
(c) Details of sale of mohair by catalogue, in respect of all relevant and
certified technical specification available.
(d) Auction sale data of mohair (gross total monthly mohair sales).
(e)Lots put up for sale at auctions and not knocked down at that auction.
(f) Monthly payments to producers and other sellers of mohair (total
mass an value).
(g) Total gross value at first point of sale.
(ii) Processors
(a) Total mass of greasy mohair processed on a monthly basis.
(b) Total mass of processed output on a monthly basis.
(iii) Exporters
(a) Description of consignment (greasy, scoured, carbonized, top, foil or
waste, as appropriate).
(b) Mass of consignment.
(c) Port of export
(d) Destination of consignment (country where further processing will take place).
(iv) Importers
(a)Description of consignment (greasy, scoured, carbonized, top, noil or
waste, as appropriate),
(b)Mass of consignment.
(c) Value of consignment
(d) Country imported from.
(2) The records referred to in subsection (1) shall -
(a)be recorded on a computer or with ink in a book; and
(b)be kept at the head office or usual place of business of the person
required to keep it for a period of at least four years after the end of the
period for which such records must be kept.
6. RETURNS TO BE RENDERED BY BROKERS, TRADERS, PROCESSORS,
IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS
(1) Each broker, trader, processor, importer and exporter of mohair shall within 30
days after the end of each calendar month, furnish to Mohair SA an accurate
return of the particulars prescribed in section 5 above.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1) of this statutory measure, each broker selling mohair by auction, shall furnish an accurate return of the particulars prescribed in (5(1)(i)(b) by not later than close of business on the day following the auction.
(3)The returns referred to in subsection (1), shall be furnished in the form or manner determined by Mohair SA for this purpose, and shall, if furnished on
paper, be completed in ink.
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(4) The return shall-
(5)(a) when forwarded by post, be addressed to
- The General Manager
Mohair SA
P.O. Box 2243
North End
PORT ELIZABETH
6056
(b) when delivered by hand, be delivered to -
The General Manager
Mohair SA
4-8 Jochla Road Sydenham PORT ELIZABETH6001
(c) when submitted electronically, be submitted to an address supplied by Mohair SA on request.
The returns shall be forwarded or delivered so as to reach the General
Manager of Mohair SA before or on the return date mentioned in sub clause(1) above,
(6) The return shall be rendered even if there is nothing to be reported on the return. - Reference of the measure
- Section 5 (a-g) & (iii) & section 6
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out 5102.19 -- Other Yes Mohair - Description
- mohair
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world - Description
- All countries
-
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for
The measure came into effect on 17 September 2004
Non-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- P9: Export measures n.e.s.
- Date when the measure came into force
- 17 September 2004
- Publication where the measure is specified
- GOVERNMENT GAZETIE, 17 SEPTEMBER 2004
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- MEAT SAFETY ACT, 2000 (ACT No. 40 OF 2000)
- Country/Region applying the measure
- South Africa
- Coded list of objectives
- A: Protection of human life and health
- Description of the measure
- Requirements for high throughput cutting plants producing for the export market
[See also regulations 33 - 38]
7. Considering the requirements set out in Part II B (1) and (2), to be graded as an export cutting plant -
(a) it must have a maximum throughput which the provincial executive officer may determine on grounds of the capacity of the holding chillers, hourly throughput potential relating to available equipment and facilities as well as chiller or freezer capacity;
(b) the premises must be fenced and provided with a gate to control access of people and animals;
(c) if meat is intended for sale to the public. separate facilities as required by the provincial executive officer must be provided;
(d) separate equipped rooms must be provided for -
(i) receiving of unwrapped carcasses and meat intended for cutting;
(ii} receiving of cartooned meat intended for cutting:
(iii) removal of meat from cartons and wrapping and thawing where applicable;
(iv) cutting and wrapping at an air temperature below 12 °C;
(v) packing, marking and labelling at an air temperature below 12 °C;
(vi) making up of new cartons used for packing meat;
(vii) dispatching of wrapped and packed meat at an air temperature below 12 °C;
(viii} dispatching of unwrapped carcasses and meat at an air temperature below 12 °C;
and
(ix) washing and sterilizing of equipment;
(e) separate bulk storage facilities or rooms must be provided for -
(i) wrapping material; and (ii) packing material;
(f} separate storage facilities or rooms must be provided for items in daily use, such as•-
(i} hand equipment; (ii) wrapping material;
(iii) clean protective clothing; and
(iv) cleaning materials and chemicals;
(g) separate chillers or freezers must be available for -
(i) unwrapped carcasses and meat; (ii}packed meat;
(iii) holding frozen meat if required; and
(iv) blast freezing meat if required;
(h) ablution facilities and toilets must be provided and the access routes to the cutting room
must be under roof;
{i) an entrance for personnel must be provided and must be designed as an ante-chamber for cleaning purposes and must be provided with hand wash-basins, soap dispensers, hand drying facilities, a boot wash, apron wash and hooks, and a refuse container, and separate facilities must be provided for both clean and dirty areas;
(j) sterilizers with water at 82°C must be provided or, as an alternative, a valet system where handheld equipment are collected on a regular basis and sterilized in a central sterilizing facility may be used, with the understanding that strategically placed emergency sterilizers are still required; and
(k) extraction facilities for vapor control must be provided.
B. Structural requirements
(1) Requirements for all abattoirs as well as export approved cutting plants and cold storage units
General
8. Premises must be of such design, construction and finish and must be so equipped, in such condition and so located that they can be used at all times for the purpose for which they were designed, equipped and appointed -
(a) without creating a health hazard; and
(b) in such a manner that meat -
(i) can be handled hygienically on these premises or with equipment on the premises; and
(ii) can be protected by the best available method against contamination or spoilage by poisons, offensive gasses, vapors, odors, smoke, soot deposits, dust, moisture, insects or other vectors or by other physical, chemical or biological contamination or pollution.
Premises
9.(1) All areas on the premises must be rendered dust and mud free.
(2) Provision must be made for storm water drainage.
(3) The abattoir must be equipped with an enclosed drainage system for the disposal of effluent and sewerage.
(4) Vehicle loading and offloading areas for dispatching and receiving of meat must be curbed, paved, drained and roofed.
Cross flow
10. The premises and buildings must be designed to ensure that -
(a) clean and dirty areas and functions are separated;
(b) no cross flow between clean and dirty areas and functions, occurs;
(c) inedible or condemned material can easily be removed on a continuous basis from areas where edible material is handled; and
(d) detained meat can be kept and examined without contaminating passed meat.
Requirements for interior of building and rooms
11. In the abattoir where meat and animal products are handled and in toilets, change rooms and dining facilities -
(a) all rooms must be of such sizes as not to compromise hygiene;
(b) floors and stairways must be -
(i) smooth, impervious, resistant to wear and corrosion and not slippery; and
(ii) free of cracks and open joints;
(c} floor drainage design and construction -
(i) must ensure that floors are sloped at a gradient of not Less than 1:60 towards drainage points or channels;
(ii) must ensure that channels drain from clean to dirty areas;
(iii) must be such that drainage channels are smooth, impervious, washable and provided with grates or covers; and
(iv) must provide all drain inlets with solid traps as well as mechanisms to prevent access of vermin and obnoxious odors into the abattoir;
(d) interior wall surfaces, partitions and pillars must be -
(i} smooth, impervious, washable and light colored;
(ii) rounded at floor to wall, as well as wall to wall, junctions with a minimum radius of 50 mm; and
(iii) rounded on top in case of walls and partitions which are not ceiling height;
(e) interior roof structures or ceilings, must be smooth, impervious, light colored and washable;
(f) doors and doorframes must be smooth, impervious, vermin proof, light colc1ured and corrosion resistant;
(g} personnel entrances must have self-closing doors and be provided with hand wash-basins, boot wash and apron wash facilities and apron hooks;
(h) hatches, where provided, must have an inclined bottom edge sloping towards the dirtier side, and self-closing flaps must be provided when applicable;
(i) chutes must -
(i) be smooth, light colored and corrosion resistant; (ii} open at least 300 mm above the floor;
(iii) be satiable along its entire length; and
(iv) be separate for meat, inedible material and condemned material, respectively;
(j) windows -
(i) must have light colored, corrosion resistant frames and must be glazed;
(ii) must be fitted with fly screens when used for ventilation;
(iii) must have window sills that slope at 45°; and
(iv) may not be opened if it interconnects clean and dirty areas;
(k) all working areas must -
(i) be well ventilated; and
(ii) have artificial or natural lighting at an intensity of at least - (aa) 540 Lux where meat is inspected; and
(bb) 220 Lux in work areas;
(I) all light fittings must be equipped with covers or splinter protectors;
(m) all electrical fittings must be waterproof; and
(n) all wall mounted equipment, structures and fittings must have a clearance of at least 50 mm from the wall.
Requirements for equipment
12. (1) Equipment -
(a) must be corrosion resistant and non-toxic and may not paint or stain meat;
(b) must have surfaces which are smooth, impervious and free of holes, cracks and sharp corners, and must be serializable; and
(c) may not contaminate meat with lubricants.
(2) containers used to hold meat must comply with sub regulation (1) and if the sides and bottoms are constructed with openings they must be designed so that meat cannot protrude through the openings or make contact with the floor.
Requirements for toilets and change rooms
13. (1) Toilets and urinals must be situated in a separate room with separate entrances from the change rooms.
(2) All toilets must be provided with toilet paper holders and toilet paper, hand wash-basins, soap dispensers with germicidal liquid soap and hand drying facilities.
(3) Change rooms and toilets may not have direct access into an area or room where meat is handled.
(4) Workers must be provided with clothing lockers in which to store private clothes separately from protective clothing, ensuring that private clothes and clean protective work clothes do not make contact.
(5) Workers must be provided with separate fly proof facilities in which to keep food.
Sterilizers
14.(1)Sterilizers must be readily accessible and must-
(a) be placed on dressing platforms and within three meters of workstations, adjacent to hand wash-basins in rooms and areas where -
(i) animals are slaughtered;
(ii) carcasses, meat and offal are detained;
(iii) condemned material is handled; or
(iv) meat is otherwise handled;
(b) be corrosion resistant and capable of sterilizing hand utensils and equipment, such as cutters and saws, at a minimum water temperature of 82°C during slaughter; and
(c) have an inlet, overflow and outlet and must drain through a down pipe directly into a closed drainage system or into an open channel, but such drainage water may not flow over the floor across areas where traffic occurs.
(2) Any other method of sterilization must be approved by the provincial executive officer.
Hand wash-basins
15. Hand wash-basins must be readily accessible and be -
(a) placed on dressing platforms and within three meters of workstations in rooms and areas where -
(i) animals are slaughtered;
(ii) carcasses, meat and offal are detained; (iii) condemned material is handled; or
(iv} meat is otherwise handled; (b} corrosion resistant;
(c) provided with taps that are not hand or elbow operated;
(d) supplied with warm running water at not less than 40 °C;
(e) provided with an inlet, overflow and outlet and must drain through a down pipe directly into a closed drainage system or into an open channel, but such drainage water may not flow over the floor across areas where traffic occurs; and
(f) fitted with a dispenser for liquid germicidal soap as well as hand drying facilities, unless the drying of hands is not necessary in the area where the basin is situated.
Apron-on wash-cabinets
16. Apron-on wash-cabinets, required in low and high throughput abattoirs, must be installed near work stations and be constructed so as to contain splashing from personnel washing their aprons while wearing it and must drain directly into a drainage system.
Water supply
17. (1) Water must be under pressure, and must conform to at least Class II according to the SANS 241 standard for drinking water.
(2) Water points must be provided with -
(a) cold water;
(b) water at not less than 40°C and equipped with hose pipes for sanitizing au areas of the abattoir; and
(c) hose reels to store hoses away from the floor unless vertical (drop) hoses are provided.
Containers for inedible, condemned and refuse material
18. (1) Sufficient theft and leak proof containers with tight fitting lids, complying with regulation 14, must be provided to keep and transport condemned material and they must be clearly marked “CONDEMNED".
(2) Containers must be provided to collect and hold inedible material until disposal.
(3) Facilities to collect and hold blood prior to disposal must be provided.
(4) Refuse containers must be provided for the collection of general refuse at various points on the premises.
(5) Areas where waste or refuse containers are kept prior to removal must be impervious, curbed and drained and the containers must be enclosed or fitted with tight fitting lids.
(2) Additional requirements for low and high throughput red meat abattoirs Offloading ramps [See also regulation
19. Offloading ramps, movable or stationary -
(a) must be so constructed to avoid injury of animals during offloading and provide a stable area to facilitate the free movement of animals;
(b) may not have open spaces between the offloading ramp and the vehicle;
(c) must be at the same height of the vehicle for which it is used.
(d) must have guide rails;
(e) must have permanent non-slippery floor at a slope of not more than 20°;
(f) may not have sharp protruding edges or any other features that may cause injury; and
(g) must have adequate artificial lighting if animals are offloaded at night.
Lair ages and holding pens [See also regulations 67; 68]
20. Lair ages and holding pens -
(a) may not be closer than six meters from, and not be situated higher than, the abattoir;
{b) must be constructed of cleanable, non-absorbent and durable material;
{c) must be so constructed and maintained to avoid injury of animals;
{d) must have sides not less than 1.8 m in height for cattle and horses and one meter for sheep, goats and pigs;
(e) must have permanent floors that are curbed and drained;
(f) must be so constructed to render the floors and drain covers non-slippery;
(g) must be fitted with gates which are a minimum of BOO mm wide for sheep, goats, calves and pigs and 1800 mm for cattle and horses;
(h) must be roofed where pigs and sheep or goats are kept;
(i) must be equipped with cold water sprayers for pigs;
U) must be fitted with water troughs at a height of 900 mm for cattle and horses and 300 mm for sheep, goats or pigs or water nipples for pigs;
(k) must have well drained manure slabs for kraal manure prior to removal except if manure is removed directly into a vehicle;
(I) must be provided with wash points, hoses and reels; and
(m) used to isolate suspect animals must in addition to above have solid walls and gate and must not drain across other pens or pose any other contamination risk.
Feeding animals
21. Where animals are fed in a lair age or pen -
(a) a hay rack or food trough which may be removable must be provided;
(b) hay racks must be free from the floor; and
(c) feed must be kept in a storeroom that is vermin proof, specifically provided for this purpose if feed is to be stored on the premises.
Lair age capacity
22. (1) The number of animals per lair age or pen must be limited so as to allow a minimum floor space of -
(a) 1.75m2 per cow or horse:
(b) 0.75m2 per heavy pig or calf; and
(c) 0.50m2 per smaller pig, sheep or goat.
(2) air ages must be provided with permanent notices indicating the capacity per species of each pen.
Lair age passages [See also regulation 69]
23. Passages in lair ages and pens -
(a) must have permanent floors that are curbed and drained in a manner conducive to free movement of animals;
(b) must be so constructed to render the floors and drain covers non-slippery;
(c) may not be less than 1.8 run wide for cattle, horses and at least 1.0 m wide for sheep, goats and pigs; and
{d) must be well maintained and kept free of loose objects.
Crushes or races
24.1.Crushes or races must be well maintained and kept free of loose objects.
2.Must be so constructed to render the 2.floors and drain covers non-slippery.
3.Crushes for herding animals between lair ages and the stunning area must have an inner width of not more than 0.9 m. . •...
4.Crushes must be designed so that the stunning pen is not visible from the crush: li rages.
5.The section of the crush or race that leads directly into the stunning box must have solid sides.
Stunning, hoisting and bleeding [See also regulations 72; 73; 74; 75]
25. (1)For humane restraining of all species immediately prior to stunning there must be provided -
(a) a stunning box, approved by the national executive officer, to restrain cattle and horses;
(b) a restraining pen of 2m x 2m or, preferably, a crowding pen provided with a hinged gate to facilitate floor space reduction for sheep, goats and pigs;
(c) a restraining pen or stunning box must be provided for large, difficult boars and sows; and
(d) any other means of restraining approved by the provincial executive officer.
(2) For stunning of animals there must be provided -
(a) a silenced captive bolt stunner;
(b) an electrical stunning apparatus; or
(c) any other stunning apparatus approved by the national executive officer.
(3) The operational parameters for stunning must be displayed on the stunning apparatus or in the stunning area.
(4) Equipment must be provided to shackle and hoist stunned animals into position, for bleeding.
(5) Facilities for collecting and storing of blood in closed containers prior to removal and disposal must be provided.
(6) The minimum clearance for rails and equipment in bleeding areas -
(a) for cattle bleeding, from rail to floor in the case of a crawl beam is 4.8 m and a fixed rail is 4.4m; and
(b) for sheep bleeding, from rail to floor is 2.3 m.
Dressing and evisceration facilities
26. (1)The minimum clearance for rails and equipment in dressing areas -
(a) for cattle dressing, from rail to floor is 3.4 m; and
(b) for sheep dressing, from rail to floor is 2.2m.
(2) The clearance between equipment and dressing rails must in all cases be such that carcasses do not touch equipment and is at least 1000 mm from walls.
(3) Rails with hooks fixed to a wall must be 400 mm from the wall, and meat hanging from such hooks may not touch the floor or wall.
(4) Rails must be at least 700 mm from columns, pillars or the side of a doorway through which carcasses must pass.
(5) Separate bleeding and dressing areas must be provided in an abattoir if more than one species of animal is slaughtered at the same time.
(6) Dehairing of pigs, including finishing and pre-evisceration wash, may only be done in the pig dehairing area.
Meat inspection facilities
27. (1)Containers, racks and platforms and any other equipment required for meat inspection must be provided in an abattoir.
(2) Marked, leak proof and lockable containers or other means to hand1e and hold condemned and inedible material prior to removal, must be provided.
Chillers
28. (1)Chillers must be provided to hold at least the daily slaughter throughput.
2.The minimum clearance for rails in chillers and freezers -
(a) for cattle and horses or sheep or goats on cradles with extension rods, is 1000 mm from the wall and 900 mm between overhead. Carcass rails; and
(b) for sheep, goats and pigs, if hung separately, is 330 mm from the wall and between overhead carcass rails.
(3) Spacing of units on the line should be such as to ensure airflow between carcasses or sides with a minimum of 660 mm length of rail per unit.
Dispatch areas
29. Dispatch areas must be equipped for -
(a) quartering, marshalling and loading of carcasses;
(b) collection and transport, avoiding cross or contra flow, of used roller-hooks to the sanitation facility; and
(c) sterilization of saws and other cutting utensils.
Wrapping, packing and labelling at export approved cutting plants
114. (1) All labels used on meat must -
(a) be printed on food grade paper or plastic printing material and treated in the same hygienic way as in contact wrapping material; and
(b) include the information required by regulation 112(3) as well as any other information required by the provincial executive officer.
(2) Where products are individually wrapped, food grade wrapping material on which the mark of approval is printed or a label, printed with such mark, must be used and wrapping bearing the mark of approval may not be re-used after opening.
(3) In the case of bulk packing, containers or cartons must be clearly marked with a facsimile of the mark of approval clearly visible and of readable size.
(4) A container must be clearly marked on both ends with information required by the Agricultural Products Standards Act, 1990 (Act No.119 of 1990), as well as -
(a) the name, address and registration number of the establishments in which the meat was packed;
(b) the net weight of the contents:
(c) an accurate description of the contents;
(d) the date packaged or a code which enables the date of packaging to be determined; and
(e) directions regarding the temperature at which the product must be stored. - Reference of the measure
- Part II A 7 ,B 8-29,part VII section114
- Measure also domestic
- No
Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out PG: 13 Meat products and Fresh or chilled meat No - Description
- Meat
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out Inclusion Entire world 17 September 2004 - Description
- All countries
P9: Export measures n.e.s.
