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Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

Regulations

Classification, Packing and Marking of Dairy Products and Imitation Dairy Products intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

2. Restrictions on sale of dairy products and imitation dairy products

 

(1) No person shall sell a dairy product or an imitation dairy product in the Republic of South Africa—
(a) unless such product is classified and presented for sale according to the class referred to in regulations 3 and 23;
(b) unless such product complies with the relevant standards specified in regulations 4 to 22 and 24;
(c) unless such product is packed in a container and/or outer container and in a manner so prescribed by regulation 25;
(d) unless a container and outer container in which such product is packed, is marked with particulars and in a manner set out in regulations 26 to 31;
(e) if such product is marked with any restricted particulars or in a manner which is prohibited in terms of regulation 32; and
(f) if such product contains a substance so prescribed as a substance which it may not contain.

 

(2) The prohibition set out in sub-regulation (1) shall not apply to the sale of a dairy product or an imitation dairy product that is an infant formula and a follow-up formula as defined in the regulations published under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972).

 

(3) The Executive Officer may grant written exemption, entirely or partially to any person on such conditions, as he or she may deem necessary, from the provisions of sub-regulation (1).