Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

20 June 2014 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 37741, 20 June 2014 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating To The Grading, Packing And Marking Of Soya Beans 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 soya beans in the Republic of South Africa --
(a) unless the soya beans are sold according to the classes set out in regulation 3;
(b) unless the soya beans comply with the standards for the class concerned set out in regulation 4;
(c) unless the soya beans, where applicable, comply with the grades of soya beans and the standards for grades set out in regulation 5 and 6 respectively.
Classes of soya beans
3. There are two classes of soya beans, namely Class SB and Class Other soya beans.
Standards for classes of soya beans
4. (1) A consignment of soya beans shall --
(a) be free from a musty, sour, khaki bush or other undesired odour;
(b) be free from any substance that renders it unsuitable for human or animal consumption or for processing into or utilisation as food or feed;
(c) contain not more poisonous seeds than permitted in terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972);
(d) shall be free from stones, glass, metal, coal or dung;
(e) with the exception of Class Other soya beans, be free from insects;
(f) with the exception of Class Other soya beans, have a moisture content of not more than 13 percent; and
(g) shall not exceed the maximum percentage of permissible deviation as determined in the Table in the Annexure for the grade.
(2) A consignment of soya beans is classified as Class SB if it --
(a) consists of any cultivar of soya beans; and
(b) complies with the standards for the grade of Class SB soya beans as set out in regulation 5.
(3) A consignment of soya beans is classified as Class Other soya beans if it does not comply with the standards for Class SB.
Grades for soya beans
5. (1) Soya beans of Class SB shall be graded as Grade SB1; and
(2) No grades are determined for Class Other soya beans.
Standards for grades of soya beans
6. A consignment of soya beans shall be graded as--
Grade SB1 soya beans if the nature of the deviation, specified in column 1 of Table 1 of the Annexure, in that consignment does not exceed the percentage specified in column 2 of the said table opposite the deviation concerned. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 2(1)(a)-(c) and 3-6 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Soya beans 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries