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

06 November 2009 

Publication where the measure is specified

FOODSTUFFS, COSMETICS AND DISINFECTANTS ACT, 1972 (ACT 54 OF 1972) 

Regulation where the measure is specified

REGULATIONS RELATING TO MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR MELAMINE IN FOODSTUFFS 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

1. In these regulations "the Act" shall mean the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act 54 of 1972) and any expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall bear such meaning.
2. For the purposes of section 2 (1) (b) (i) of the Act, in so far as it is applied and applicable to foodstuffs, the
following foodstuffs are hereby deemed to be contaminated, impure, or adulterated:
(a) All foodstuffs which contain more than 2.5 milligrams per kilogram melamine;
(b) All infant formulas, foodstuffs intended for children under 36 months of age and foodstuffs for special dietary uses, which contain more than 1 milligram per kilogram melamine.
3. For official purposes of analysis of foodstuffs for the presence
of melamine, the only method to be used will be: Liquid Chromatography Coupled Mass Spectroscopy (LCMSMS).
4. The limit of quantitation, irrespective of the method of analysis used, shall not be more than 0.25 mg/kg 

Reference of the measure

Section 1-4 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Foodstuffs 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries