Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

22 March 1974 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Notice No. 474 of 22 March 1974 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Compulsory Specification for Smoked snoek 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

The rationale of the measure

This specification covers the manufacture, production, processing. or treatment of the cooked product,
smoked snoek (Thyrsites atun). 

Description of the measure

7.1 Markings on the Container
Except as allowed for in terms of 7.4, the following information shall appear legibly and indelibly on each container in type of such size and presentation as are prescribed by regulation under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act and the Weights and Measures Act:
(a) The name and full business address of the manufacturer, producer, proprietor or controlling company or, in the case of containers packed for any other person or organisation, the name and full business address of that
person or organisation;
(b) a true description of the product;
(c) in the case of products for sale in the Republic and in the territory of South-West Africa, the net mass of the contents;
(d) the country of origin;
(e) any labelling specifically called for by regulation;
(f) the date of manufacture and the identity of the factory in which the product was packed, the use of a code being permissible provided that the key to such code is disclosed to the authority administering this specification.

7.2,Labels
7.2.1 The information required by 7.1 shall be printed in the immediate container or on the overwrap covering the immediate container, or on a label of acceptable material attached to the immediate container.
7.2.2 Labels on containers shall be clean and neat and securely attached. They shall not be superimposed on other labels or on matter printed directly on the containers. They shall not be applied by any person other that the manufacturer of his authorized agent.
7.2.3 Label or sealing adhesives that are liable to deteriorate under the conditions of storage of the packed product shall not be used.

7.3 Markings on Packages.
Outer packages shall be clean, neat and unbroken; and on every such package (crate, carton, box, etc.) shall be printed or stencilled the number and size or net mass of the immediate containers in it and the information required by 7.1 (a), (b), (e) and (f), except that the business address need not be the full business address but must be sufficient for identification purposes. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 7 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Snoek intended for smoking or in the course of preparation for smoking or in the course of being smoked or after having been smoked, as indicated by the context. 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries