Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

22 February 2008 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 30782, 22 February 2008 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating To The Grading, Packing And Marking Of Wheat Products 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 any wheat product in the Republic of South Africa;
(e) unless the wheat product concerned is marked in accordance with the marking requirements set out in regulations 10, 11 and 12.
Marking requirements for white wheat flour and brown wheat flour
10. A container containing white wheat flour or brown wheat flour shall be clearly and legibly marked with the following particulars:
(a) The name of the product;
(b) The class of the product;
(c) The name and physical address of the manufacturer thereof, or if the product has been packed for a person other than the manufacturer thereof, the name and physical address of such other person;
(d) The mass of the contents as prescribed in terms of the Trade Metrology Act, 1973 (Act No. 77 of 1973); and
(e) the names and quantities of nutrients as identified in the food fortification programmes as prescribed in terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectant Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972).
Marking requirements for wheat bran
11. A container containing wheat bran shall be clearly and legibly marked with the following particulars:
(a) The name of the product;
(b) The name and physical address of the manufacturer thereof, or if the product has been packed for a person other than the manufacturer thereof, the name and physical address of such other person; and
(c) The mass of the contents as prescribed in terms of the Trade Metrology Act, 1973 (Act No. 77 of 1973).

Marking requirements for wheat bread
12. (1) Every wheat bread shall be clearly and legibly marked with the following particulars:
(a) The class of the wheat bread;
(b) the name and physical address of the manufacturer of the wheat bread or the name and physical address of the person on whose behalf the wheat bread was baked; and
(c) the mass of the wheat bread.
(2) The provisions of subregulation 1 shall not apply to;
(a) wheat bread packed by the manufacturer thereof: Provided that the particulars referred to in subregulation 1 shall be clearly and legibly marked on the packing material of each bread thus packed; and
(b) wheat bread presented for sqle at a point where a notice in type of not less than 30 mm high clearly and legibly indicates the particulars referred to in subregulation 1.
(3) Wheat bread which complies with the requirements of subregulation 1 and is packed in a transparent container by the manufacturer thereof is exempted from the requirements of subregulation (2)(a). 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 2(1)(e) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Wheat products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries