Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A31: Labelling requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 09 September 2004
Publication where the measure is specified: Government Notice R. 791 (Government Gazette 26531) of 9 July 2004
Regulation where the measure is specified: Compulsory Specification For The Manufacture, Production, Processing and Treatment of Canned Meat Products
Country/Region applying the measure: South Africa
The rationale of the measure: This specification specifies requirements for the manufacture, production, processing and treatment of canned meat products intended for human consumption.
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 7.7.10 Labelling
7.7.10.1 Where meat other than beef, pork, mutton or goats' meat is used, the kinds of meat present shall be disclosed in the product name, and, in all cases, the kinds of meat used shall be declared in the ingredients panel of the label if they do not appear in the title. Where fat of other origin than the kind(s) of animal(s) declared on the label is used, the kind(s) of fat origin shall also be declared.
7.7.10.2 Subject to 7.7.10.1 above, corned meat shall be labelled as "corned meat" without further qualification.
Reference of the measure: Regulation 7.7.10
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
1602	Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood.	Yes	Corned meat obtained from the skeletal musculature of food animals

Description: Corned meat obtained from the skeletal musculature of food animals

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