Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B84: Inspection requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

11 August 1972 

Publication where the measure is specified

FERTILIZERS, FARM FEEDS, AGRICULTURAL REMEDIES AND STOCK REMEDIES GN. R. 1375 GG3629 11 August 1972 

Regulation where the measure is specified

REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE REGISTRATION AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL REMEDIES: The Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act 36 of 1947), 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

C: Protection of life and health of plants 

Description of the measure

Samples
8.(1) The inspector or officer taking a sample of an agricultural remedy in terms of section 15 of the Act, shall extract from the bulk of which the sample is taken a quantity which can be divided into three parts, each being sufficiently large for the purpose of analysis. Before dividing the quantity thus extracted it shall be thoroughly mixed.
(2) When the agricultural remedy is in a container the contents of which are not sufficient for analysis if divided as aforesaid, additional containers, similarly labelled and purporting to contain a similar agricultural remedy, shall be procured and the contents of two or more such containers shall then be thoroughly mixed before being divided into three parts.
(3) Where an agricultural remedy in a container is of a perishable nature, or where for any reason the opening of the container would interfere with the analysis of the remedy, unless such analysis were effected at the time of opening or immediately thereafter, at least three containers, similarly labelled and purporting to contain a similar agricultural remedy, shall be procured. The containers thus procured shall be split up into three groups, each of which shall contain one or more unopened container and which shall further be dealt with as prescribed by subsection (2) of section 15 of the Act.
(4) The certificate accompanying one part of the sample to the analyst, as required by subsection (2) of section 15 of the Act, and the certificate stating the result of the analysis or test of a sample, as required by subsection (3) of the said section, shall be in the forms prescribed in the Third and Fourth Schedules hereto respectively. 

Reference of the measure

Section 8 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Agricultural Remedy 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries