Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

27 March 2016 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 38615, 27 March 2015 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating to the Classification, Packing and Marking of Dairy Products and Imitation Dairy 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

Standards for buttermilk and cultured buttermilk
7. (1) Buttermilk shall be manufactured by the butter making process, and may be inoculated with a butter culture or with lactic acid and aroma producing cultures.
(2) Cultured buttermilk shall --
(a) be obtained from heat treated milk and/or reconstituted or recombined milk;
(b) be soured by inoculation with a butter culture or lactic acid, or with lactic acid and aroma producing cultures;
(c) have a pH value of less than 4.6; and
(d) contain at least 107 colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) of viable lactic acid or lactic acid and aroma producing micro-organisms per gram of a product.
(3) Both buttermilk and cultured buttermilk shall comply with the provisions of regulation 4. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 7 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Buttermilk 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries