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
7.21 Minced meat with vegetables (or fruit) or cereal or a combination of these in gravy
Minced meat with vegetables (and/or fruit) or cereal or both in gravy shall be prepared by canning minced meat together with one or more vegetables or fruit or a cereal or both in gravy. The meat used shall be obtained from skeletal musculature of food animals. The product shall not contain edible offal or added natural binder.
7.21.2 Composition
In the case of minced meat with onions or peppers that contains a visible quantity of onions or peppers, the actual lean meat content, determined in accordance with 11.3, shall be at least 55 %.
In the case of minced meat with vegetables (or fruit) or cereal or both, the actual lean meat content (see 2.2), determined in accordance with 11.3, shall be at least 40 %. The drained mass, determined in accordance with 10.5, of the cereal or the vegetables (or fruit) or both, shall be at least 35 % of the d.n.m.
7.21.3 Appearance
The appearance of minced meat shall be as given in 7.20.3. The vegetables (or fruit) or cereals or both
shall be as given in 7.2.2 
Reference of the measure
Regulation 7.21 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood. Yes Minced meat with vegetables (or fruit) or cereal or a combination of these in gravy    
Description
Minced meat with vegetables (or fruit) or cereal or a combination of these in gravy 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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