Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

04 November 2011 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 34720, 4 November 2011 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating To The Grading, Packing And Marking Of Plums And Prunes Intended For Sale In The Republic Of South Africa 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

2. (1) No persons shall sell plums and prunes in the Republic of South Africa--
(a) unless such plums and prunes are sold according to the classes set out in regulation3;
(b) unless such plums and prunes comply with the standards for the class concerned as set out in regulation 4;
Classes of plums and prunes
3. There are three classes of plums and prunes, namely Class 1, Class 2 and Lowest Class.
Standards for classes
4. (1) A consignment of plums and prunes shall be classified as Class 1 if it--
(a) is of good quality;
(b) is characteristic of the cultivar and/or commercial type;
(c) complies with the quality standards for Class 1 set out in Table 1;
(d) does not exceed the maximum permissible deviations by number for Class 1 as set out in Table 2;
(e) is of a cultivar specified in Table 3; and
(f) complies with the ripeness standards for plums and prunes as set out in Table 3.
(2) A consignment of plums and prunes shall be classified as Class 2 if it --
(a) complies with the quality standards for Class 2 set out in Table 1;
(b) does not exceed the maximum permissible deviations by number for Class 2 as set out in Table 2;
(c) is of a cultivar specified in Table 3; and
(d) complies with the ripeness standards for plums and prunes as set out in Table 3.
(3) A consignment of plums and prunes shall be classified as Lowest Class if it -
(a) complies with the quality standards for Lowest Class as set out in Table 1;
(b) does not exceed the maximum permissible deviations by number for Class 2 as set out in Table 2; and
(c) is of a cultivar specified in Table 3.
Physical hazards
(4) No consignment of plums and prunes classified as "Class 1", "Class 2" or "Lowest Class"
shall contain:
(a) any foreign matter in excess of the tolerance as set out in Table 1; and
(b) any organisms which may be a source of danger to the human being in excess of the
tolerance as set out in Table 2. 

Reference of the measure

Regulations 2(1)(a)-(b), 3, and 4(1)-(4)(b) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Plums and prunes 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries