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- NTM classification
- A82: Testing requirement
- Date when the measure came into force
- 30 June 2016
- Publication where the measure is specified
- Government Gazette No. 36274, 20 March 2013
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- Regulations Relating to the Reduction of Sodium in Certain Foodstuffs and Related Matters
- Country/Region applying the measure
- South Africa
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- Subject to the tolerance level range for analytical total sodium values and the sampling plan indicated by the Regulations relating to the Labelling and Advertising of Foodstuffs as amended, published under the Act, and the accompanying Guidelines as amended , the following methodology for determining typical total sodium content shall apply for monitoring purposes; provided that these methods may also be used for routine testing or for the purpose of nutritional information labelling of typical total sodium content by manufacturers;
(i) For all foodstuff categories except bread suitable potentiometric method or elemental analysis with AA (Flame atomic absorption spectroscopy) or ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma).
(ii) For bread: chemical analysis for using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, RSD (toleration) of 10%. Subject to the provisions of Regulations relating to the Fortification of Certain Foodstuffs, R504 of 7 April 2003 and any subsequent amendments thereof published under the Act , in particular but not limited to Regulation 11(a) which relates to the final minimum level of micronutrients. The results shall be reported on 390% moisture basis. - Reference of the measure
- Regulation 3
- Measure also domestic
- Yes
Products affected by the measure.
| Code | Product | Partial coverage | Partial coverage indication | Date in | Date out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or ot | No | |||
| 1905 | Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products. | Yes | Bread | ||
| 2004 | Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20.06. | Yes | Savoury snacks | ||
| 2005 | Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06. | Yes | Savoury snacks | ||
| 1901 | Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of | No | |||
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | Yes | Processed meat | ||
| 2104.10 | - Soups and broths and preparations therefor | Yes | Soup powder | ||
| 2104.20 | - Homogenised composite food preparations | Yes | Dry savoury products, stock cubes, powders, granules, emulsions, pastes or jellies |
- Description
- Bread; All breakfast cereals and porridges , wheter ready to eat, instant or cooked up, hot or cold; All fat and butter spreads ; Ready-to-eat savoury snacks, excluding salt-and vinegar flavoured savoury snacks; Flavoured potato crisps , excluding salt-and -vinegar flavoured potato crisps; Flavoured, ready-to-eat , savoury snacks and potato crisps - salt- and-vinegar only; Processed meat (classes 6, 12 or 14 of the South African National Standard SANS 885:2011)-uncured; Processed meat (classes 7, 10 or 11 of the South African National Standard SANS 885:2011)-cured; Raw-processed meat sausage (all types) and similar products; Dry soup powder (not instant type); Dry gravy powders and dry instant savoury sauces; Dry savoury powders with dry instant noodles to be mixed with a liquid; Stock cubes, stock poweders, stock granules, stock emulsions, stock pastes or stock jellies
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
| Inclusion/Exclusion | Country | Date in | Date out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Entire world |
- Description
- All countries
