Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
A82: Testing requirement 
Date when the measure came into force
24 October 2015 
Publication where the measure is specified
Government Gazette No. 38707, 24 April 2015 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Amendment Of The Compulsory Specification For Frozen Fish, Frozen Marine Molluscs And Frozen Products Derived Therefrom - VC 8017 
Country/Region applying the measure
South Africa 
The rationale of the measure
1.1 This Compulsory Specification applies to the handling, preparation, processing, packing, transportation, freezing, storage and quality of frozen fish, marine molluscs, and products derived therefrom, for human consumption, which are to be offered for sale. 
Description of the measure
3.12 The testing of frozen fish, marine molluscs, and products derived therefrom against the requirements of this Compulsory Specification shall be done by test facilities that are accredited to use the referenced test methods. In the case where there are no test facilities available that are in compliance with the foregoing, the NRCS
shall determine which facilities can be used in terms of its conformity assessment policy. 
Reference of the measure
Regulation 3.12 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
0303 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04. No    
0304.6 - Frozen fillets of tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), e 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 Yes Frozen    
1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs. Yes Frozen    
1605 Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved. Yes Frozen molluscs    
Description
Frozen fish, marine molluscs, and products derived therefrom 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
All countries