Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A21: Tolerance limits for residues of or contamination by certain (non-microbiological) substances 

Date when the measure came into force

14 November 2008 

Publication where the measure is specified

STAATSKOERANT, 14 NOVEMBER 2008 No. 31584 19 Government Notice No. R. 692 of 16 May 1997, as amended by Government Notice No. R. 427 of 5 May 2000, Government Notice No. R. 490 of 8 June 2001, Government Notice No. R. 1588 of 20 December 2002 and Governme 

Regulation where the measure is specified

FOODSTUFFS, COSMETICS AND DISINFECTANTS ACT, 1972 (ACT NO. 54 OF 1972) 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

Substitution of regulation 14 of the Regulations
4(1) The following regulation is hereby substituted for regulation 14:
"14. I\Jo person shall sell for consumption fruit juice which -
a) gives a total viable colony count of more than 10 000 colony forming units per 1,0 ml of the product;
b) gives a coliform organism count of more than 100 colony forming units per 1,0 ml of the product;
c) gives a yeast and mould count of 1 000 colony forming units per 1,0 ml of the product;
d) contains any detectable levels of coli in 1,0 ml of the product; and
e) contains any detectable Salmonella spp. in 25 ml of the product".
(2) the renumbering of the existing regulation 14 as regulation 15. 

Reference of the measure

Reference No. R. 1207 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

fruit juice 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries