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

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Regulations relating to the Grading, Packing, and Marking of Table Olives intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

20. Methods of analysis

 

(1) The following methods of analysis, or any other international recognised and acceptable reference methods and procedures, shall be used:

 

Table 4 :

Methods of Analysis

 

Provision

Method

Principle

Type

Drained mass

 

AOAC 968.30

(Codex general method for processed fruits and vegetables)

 

Sieving Gravimetry

I

 

 

 

 

SABS

SANS 458: 2011 (or the

latest version)

 

pH of brine

 

AOAC 981.12

(Codex general method for processed fruits and vegetables)

Potentiometry

II

 

 

ISO 1842:1991

(Codex general method for processed fruits and vegetables)


IV

 

AOAC 971.27

(Codex general method)


II

Salt in brine

 

ISO 3634:1979 "chloride expressed as sodium

chloride"

(Codex general method for processed fruits and vegetables)

Potentiometry

III

 

— Not specified