Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A84: Inspection requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

29 August 2015 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 37949, 29 August 2014 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating To The Quality, Packing And Marking Of Dried Fruit 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

Sample Size and Inspection
11. (1) For determining the percentage deviations in a sample of dried fruit the sample size shall be -
(a) in the case of deviations by mass, 100 g;
(b) in the case of a container containing less than, 100 g; of fruit, the total contents of a container;
(c) in the case of deviations by number, 100 units of fruits; and
(d) in the case of subtropical dried fruits the sample size shall be 1000 g for deviations by mass.
(2) An inspector shall, in any consignment of dried fruit, open as many containers and examine the contents thereof and abstract samples of such contents for the purpose of further examination or analysis as he/she shall deem necessary.
(3) An inspector's finding in relation to the containers opened by him/her by virtue of the provisions of subregulation (2) and the contents thereof, shall apply as a finding in respect of the whole consignment from which such containers were abstracted. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 11 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Dried fruit i.e fruit in its original form or depipped, cut, peeled and dried by the sun-, solar-, tunnel-, oven-, wind or by other recognized methods of dehydration, excluding pureed, minced, cooked and baked dried fruit 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries