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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

3. Restrictions on the sale of table olives

 

(1) No person shall sell table olives in the Republic of South Africa—
(a) unless such products comply with the general standards referred to in regulation 4;
(b) unless such products are graded and comply with the quality standards for such grades referred to in regulations 5 and 6;
(c) unless such products are classified according to the types referred to in regulation 7;
(d) unless such products have undergone the trade preparations and/or treatments referred to in regulation 8;
(e) unless such products are presented as one of the styles referred to in regulation 9;
(f) unless the minimum fill of containers requirement referred to in regulation 11 has been complied with;
(g) unless the containers and outer containers in which such products are packed, comply with the requirements referred to in regulation 12;
(h) unless such products are marked with the particulars and in the manner prescribed in regulation 13; and
(i) if such products are marked with particulars and in a manner so prescribed as particulars with which it may not be marked.

 

(2) The Executive Officer may grant written exemption, entirely or partially, to any person on such conditions as he or she deems necessary, from the provisions of subregulation (1).

 

(3) The restrictions set out in subregulation (1) shall not apply to table olives—
(a) intended for industrial use as an ingredient in the manufacture of another product/foodstuff.