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

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

Part IV : Marking Requirements

34. Methods of analysis

 

(1) The methods to be employed and the procedure to be followed in connection with the determination of a property specified in column 1 of Table 23, of a dairy product or an imitation dairy product shall be as set out in the publication of the International Dairy Federation (IDF), the number, year of publication and title of which are respectively specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 of the said table opposite thereto (these methods are published as joint IDF/ ISO Standards and are also available from ISO).

 

(2) Notwithstanding item (1) above, any other method which is accepted and approved by ISO or the CODEX Alimentarius may be used: Provided that—
(a) the method concerned has been validated;
(b) the laboratory concerned employing this method has been accredited (e.g. by SANAS); and
(c) the laboratory concerned conducts proficiency testing/ inter-laboratory comparisons.