Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A9: SPS measures n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

08 August 2003 

Publication where the measure is specified

Published under Government Notice No. R.918 of 30 July 1999 As corrected by: Government Notice No. R. 723 of 12 July 2002 As amended by: Government Notice No. R.1125 of 8 August 2003 

Regulation where the measure is specified

REGULATIONS GOVERNING GENERAL HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD PREMIS ES AND THE TRANS PORT OF FOOD: The Health Act, 1977 (Act No. 63 of 1977) 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

standards and requirements for the handling of meat
12. (1) (a) No person shall on food premises handle meat derived from an animal slaughtered in contravention of section 3 of the Abattoir Hygiene Act, 1992 (Act No. 121 of 1992).
(b) No person shall on food premises handle the meat of an animal exempted
from the provisions of sections 3(1) and 10(1) of the Abattoir Hygiene Act, 1992, unless a notice that is clearly visible and legible and that contains the following information or information to that effect, in letters at least 18 mm high, is displayed at the food premises: “The meat sold on these premises has been exempted from inspection in terms of section 10(1) of the Abattoir Hygiene Act, 1992 (Act No. 121 of 1992).”.
(2) M eat on a carcass shall not be handled on food premises, unless -
(a) the carcass has been properly bled;
(b) the abdominal viscera were removed within 30 minutes after the killing of the animal in such a manner that neither the stomach and intestinal content nor any other matter polluted or spoiled the meat; and
(c) the thoracic viscera were removed within three hours after the killing of the animal.
(3) Unskinned carcasses shall not be so handled that the skin thereof comes into contact with other food on food premises or that the meat of such carcasses is contaminated or spoiled.
(4) Subject to section 3 of the Abattoir Hygiene Act, 1992, no animal shall be killed, bled, eviscerated, skinned or dressed on food premises other than in a room used specifically and exclusively for that purpose in accordance with good manufac-turing practice: Provided that no further handling or processing of any such carcass shall take place in that room. 

Reference of the measure

Section 12 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Meat 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries