Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

22 January 2016 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 39613, 22 January 2016 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating To The Grading, Packing And Marking Of Sunflower Seed 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 sunflower seed in the Republic of South Africa--
(a) unless the sunflower seed are sold according to the classes set out in regulation 3;
(b) unless the sunflower seed comply with the standards for the classes concerned set out in regulation 4;
(c) unless the sunflower seed, where applicable, comply with the grades of sunflower seed and the standards for grades set out in regulation 5 and 6 respectively;
Classes of sunflower seed
3. Sunflower seed shall be classified as--
(a) Class FH;
(b) Class FS; and
(c) Class Other Sunflower Seed.
Standards for classes of sunflower seed
4. (1) A consignment of sunflower seed 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) not contain more poisonous seeds than permitted in terms of the Foodstuffs,
Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act 54 of 1972;
(d) shall be free from stones, glass, metal, coal or dung;
(e) with the exception of Class Other Sunflower seed, be free from insects;
(f) with the exception of Class Other Sunflower seed, have a moisture content of not more than 10 percent; and
(g) be free from animal filth.
(2) A consignment of sunflower seed shall be classified as --
(a) Class FH if it--
(i) consist of at least 80 percent (m/m) sunflower seed of a cultivar with a high oil content; and
(ii) complies with the standard for Grade 1 set out in regulation 6.
(b) Class FS if it--
(i) consist of at least 80 percent (m/m) sunflower seed of a cultivar with a low oil content; and
(ii) complies with the standards for Grade 1 set out in regulation 6.
(c) Class Other Sunflower Seed if it does not comply with the requirements for Class FH or Class FS.
Grades for sunflower seed
5. (1) There is only one grade for the Classes FH and FS Sunflower Seed, namely Grade 1.
(2) No grades are determined for Class Other Sunflower seed.
Standards for grades of sunflower seed
6. A consignment of Grade 1 sunflower seed shall be graded as Grade 1 if the nature of 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

Regulations 2 (1)(a)-(c), 3-6 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Sunflower seed 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries