Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

12 November 2010 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 39580, 8 January 2016 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating To The Grading, Packing And Marking Of Sorghum 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 person shall sell a consignment of sorghum in the Republic of South Africa --
(a) unless the sorghum is sold according to the classes set out in regulation 3;
(b) unless the sorghum complies with the standards for the class concerned as set out in regulation 4;
(c) unless the sorghum complies with the grades of sorghum and the standards for grades set out in regulations 5 and 6 respectively;
Classes of sorghum
3. Sorghum shall be classified as --
(a) Class GM;
(b) Class GH; and
(c) Class Other.
Standards for classes
4. ( 1) A consignment of sorghum shall be classified as Class GM Sorghum if it--
(a) consists of malt sorghum that does not have a dark testa; and
(b) complies with the standards for the grade of Class GM sorghum as set out in
regulation 6.
(2) A consignment of sorghum shall be classified as Class GH sorghum if it--
(a) consists of malt sorghum that has a dark testa; and
(b) complies with the standards for grades for Class GH Sorghum as set out in
regulation 6.
(3) A consignment of sorghum shall be classified as Class Other if it does not comply with
the standards for Class GM, and GH Sorghum
Grades of sorghum
5. Sorghum shall be graded as --
(a) Class GM
(i) Grade GM1
(ii) Grade GM2
(iii) Grade GM3
(b) Class GH
(i) Grade GH1
(ii) Grade GH 2
(c) No grades are determined for Class Other.
Standards for grades
6. (1) All grades of sorghum shall --
(a) be free from black smearing as a result of smut;
(b) not contain 10 or more smut balls or portions of smut balls which are collectively equivalent to 10 or more smut balls, per 100 g of sorghum;
(c) be free from a musty, sour or other undesirable smell;
(d) be free from any substance that renders it unsuitable for human consumption or animal consumption or for processing into or utilisation thereof as food or feed;
(e) be free from stones, glass, metal, coal or dung;
(f) not contain more poisonous seeds than permitted in terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972);
(g) with the exception of Class Other, be free from grain insects;
(h) with the exception of Class Other, have a moisture content of not more than 14 percent; and
(i) be free from animal filth.
(2) Grades GM1, GM2, GM3, GH1 and GH2 shall not exceed the permissible deviations
specified in columns 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Table in the Annexure, respectively, with regard to the nature of deviation specified in column 1 of the said table.
(3) The presence of purple anthocyanic blotches in or on the pericarp shall not be taken into consideration when determining the grade of a consignment of sorghum. 

Reference of the measure

Regulations 2(1)(a)-(c) and 3-6 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Sorghum 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries