Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A84: Inspection requirement 

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

Inspection and sampling
32. (1) An inspector may in any consignment of dairy products or imitation dairy products open as many containers and inspect the contents thereof and remove samples of such contents for the purpose of further inspection or analysis, as he or she may deem necessary.
(2) An inspector shall satisfy himself or herself that the samples so extracted are representative of the product in the consignment concerned.
(3) The methods to be employed and the procedure to be followed when a sample of a dairy product or an imitation dairy product is taken with a view to an analysis referred to in regulation 33 shall be as set out in the latest version of ISO 707/IDF 050: "Milk and Milk products - Guidance on sampling" and in ISO 55381IDF 113: Milk and milk products - Sampling - Inspection by attributes, both published jointly by ISO, Case postale 56, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland and IDF Central Secretariat, Diamant Building, Boulevard Auguste Reyers 80, 1030 Brussels, Belgium. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 32 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Dairy products and imitation dairy products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries