Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B33: Packaging requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

29 September 2006 

Publication where the measure is specified

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29September 2006 

Regulation where the measure is specified

FERTILIZER, FARM FEEDS, AGRICULTURAL REMEDIES AND STOCK REMEDIES ACT, 1947 (ACT No. 36 OF 1947) REGULATIONSREGARDING STOCK REMEDIES 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

C: Protection of life and health of plants 

Description of the measure

Containers of stock remedies
Subject to the provisions of any other law relating to containers, a container in which a quantity of a stock remedy is packed for sale, shall at the time of packing:
(a) be sound and clean;
(b) be closed or sealed in the manner permitted by the stock remedy
(2) The design of the container shall:
(a) after the contents thereof has been used not be instrumental to the use of such empty container or sachet for any other purpose;
(b) in the case of a liquid stock remedy, prevent spillage when pouring out the contents thereof.
(3) A stock remedy shall not be sold in away which was not approved by the Registrar and if appropriate approved in terms of a provision of any other law.
Labelling of containers
11. (1) No person may sell any stock remedy without an approved label.
(2) A container of a stock remedy shall not be labelled with any marks or signs other than the prescribed details in the labelling requirements, or in terms of a provision of any other law, or and which was approved by the Registrar.
(3) Despite the labelling requirements in annexure D and regulations (IO), and subject to the
provisions of any other law, no words or marks may appear on the container in which a registered stock
remedy is sold, or on a label and/or pamphlet affixed thereto without prior approval of the Registrar.
(4) Only recognized chemical, analytical and pharmaceutical expressions or terms or those expressions or terms which, for reasons of clarity, have been approved by the Registrar, may be marked or printed on a container in which a registered stock remedy is sold, or on a label affixed thereto, for the purpose of explaining the composition of such remedy.
Approval of labelling by Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act,(Act No.36of1947) does not absolve the company from the obligations of complying with the South African National Standards 289or any other relevant legislation. 

Reference of the measure

Part II section 10 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

stock remedies 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries