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 yoghurt and drinking yoghurt
10. (1) Yoghurt and drinking yoghurt shall --
(a) be manufactured mainly from heat treated milk and/or reconstituted or recombined milk that has been inoculated with a yoghurt culture to produce a microbiological flora under controlled conditions;
(b) contain at least 107 colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) of viable yoghurt culture micro-organism per gram of a product;
(c) not be subjected to heat treatment after fermentation; and
(d) comply with the provisions of regulation 4.
(2) If a specific micro-organism is used in conjunction with the sale of any type of (drinking) yoghurt and where the content claim is made in the labelling that refers to the presence of such specific micro-organism that has been added to supplement the yoghurt culture, it shall contain at least 107 colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) of that specified micro-organism.
(3) The standards specified in Table 6 shall be applicable to yoghurt and drinking yoghurt --
(a) without added sugar; and
(b) with or without food additives, which have only been sweetened with a permitted non-nutritive sweetener. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 10(1) and (2) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Yoghurt 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries