Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A84: Inspection requirement
Date when the measure came into force: 09 March 2012
Publication where the measure is specified: Government Gazette No. 35109, 9 March 2012
Regulation where the measure is specified: Regulations Relating To The Classification, Packing And Marking Of Fat Spreads 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: Inspection and sampling
17. (1) An inspector may in any lot of fat spreads open as many containers and inspect the contents thereof and remove samples of such contents for the purpose of further inspection or analysis, as he or she may deem necessary, for which he or she must issue a receipt.
(2) An inspector shall satisfy himself or herself that the samples so extracted are representative of the product in the lot concerned.
(3) The method to be employed and the procedure to be followed when a sample of fat spread is to be taken shall be based on international acceptable reference methods and procedures.
Reference of the measure: Regulation 17
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication
0405	Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads.	Yes	Fat spreads
1516	Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared.	Yes	Fat spreads
1517	Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 15.16.	Yes	Fat spreads

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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