Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance 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

7.19 Infant foods prepared with meat
7.19.1 Preparation
Food intended for use in the diet of infants and that includes meat shall be prepared from meat, with or without a vegetable or a mixture of vegetables and other acceptable ingredients.
7.19.2 Offal
The product may contain brain, heart, pancreas, thymus, kidney and tripe provided that the type and species origin of edible offal is declared in the title of the product.
7.19.3 Natural binder
Natural binder shall not be added to the product.
7.1 9.4 Nitrate and nitrite
Nitrate and nitrite shall not be added to the product other than when bacon or ham is a constituent of the product, in which case it may be present to an extent not exceeding a mass fraction of 0,002 %.
7.19.5 Freedom from harmful ingredients
Ingredients of the product shall be known to be non-injurious to infants (see 5.1)
7.1 9.6 Stabilizers
The product may contain natural edible vegetable gums and agar-agar in a total concentration not exceeding 1 %. Artificial thickeners, phosphatic additives, chemical emulsifiers and thickeners, and anti-oxidants other than ascorbic acid shall not be used.
7.19.7 Composition
When determined in accordance with 11.3 and 11.4, the actual total meat content shall be at least 10 % by mass of which the fat content shall not exceed 25 % of the actual total content, except that, in the case of products that contain bacon, the fat content shall not exceed 30 % of the actual total meat content.
7.19.8 Salt content
The total chloride content, determined in accordance with 11.6 and expressed as sodium chloride, shall not exceed 1,0 % by mass.
7.19.9 Fibre content
The fibre content, determined in accordance with 11.8, shall not exceed 1,5 % by mass. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 7.19 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Infant foods prepared with meat 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries