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 with added foodstuff and/or fruit
11. (1) Yoghurt with added foodstuff and/or fruit, 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 10(7) colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) of viable yoghurt culture micro-organisms per gram of a product;
(c) comply with the applicable standards for the class concerned;
(d) not be subjected to heat treatment after fermentation, and
(e) comply with the provisions of regulation 4.
(2) A composite dairy product of the type known as fruit yoghurt shall have a total fruit content of at least 6 per cent but not more than 25 per cent on a mass per mass basis.
(3) The total dry matter content of a composite dairy product of the type known as yoghurt with added foodstuff and/or fruit, and which has been sweetened with a permitted non-nutritive sweetener, shall, in the case of --
(a) high fat yoghurt with added foodstuff and/or fruit be at least 15 per cent (m/m);
(b) full fat yoghurt with added foodstuff and/or fruit be at least 14.5 per cent (m/m);
(c) medium fat yoghurt with added foodstuff and/or fruit be at least 14 per cent (m /m);
(d) low fat yoghurt with added foodstuff and/or fruit be at least 13.5 per cent (m/m); and
(e) fat free yoghurt with added foodstuff and/or fruit be at least 13 per cent (m/m).
(4) The expression "drinking", "pouring", or any other similar word may precede or form part of the class designation if the yoghurt with added foodstuff and/or fruit is specifically manufactured for such purpose.
(5) If a specific micro-organism is used in conjunction with the sale of any type of yoghurt with added foodstuff and/or fruit, 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.
(6) The standards specified in Table 7 shall also be applicable to yoghurt which is sweetened with added sugar.
(7) Subject to the provisions of regulation 28 (3), the name of the added sugar may not form part of the class designation in the case of yoghurt sweetened with sugar. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 11 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Yoghurt with added foodstuff 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries