Non-Tariff Barriers

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 cream, cultured cream and acidified cream
12. (1) Cream, cultured cream and acidified cream shall comply with the provisions of regulation 4.
(2) Cultured cream shall --
(a) be soured by inoculation with a lactic acid or lactic acid and aroma producing culture; and
(b) 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) Acidified cream shall be obtained by acidifying cream with permitted acids or acidity regulators to achieve a desired pH value.
Reference of the measure: Regulation 12
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication
0401	Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.	Yes	Cream, cultured cream and acidified cream
0402	Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.	Yes	Cream, cultured cream and acidified cream
0403	Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa	Yes	Cream, cultured cream and acidified cream

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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