| (1) |
The substances specified in column 1 of Table 7 may be removed from the liquor products specified in column 2 of the said Table opposite thereto. |
| (2) |
Unless specified otherwise in Table 7, a substance which may in terms of subregulation (1)— |
| (a) |
be removed from wine, may also be removed from the must from which that wine is produced; |
| (b) |
be removed from an alcoholic fruit beverage, may also be removed from the fruit juice from which that alcoholic fruit beverage is produced; and |
| (c) |
be removed from a grape-based liquor, may also be removed from the wine from which that grape-based liquor is produced. |
[Regulation 31(2) substituted by regulation 8 of Notice No. R. 401 of 2014]
| (3) |
the removal of a substance referred to in subregulation (1) shall— |
| (a) |
be done in accordance with generally accepted cellar or manufacturing practises; |
| (b) |
not be thus done otherwise than in accordance with the manner and conditions specified in column 3 of Table 7 opposite thereto; and |
| (c) |
not result in that liquor product not complying with the other requirements set out in respect thereof in these regulations. |
(4)
| (a) |
No person shall remove any heavy metals from a liquor product by means of treatment with potassium ferro cyanide unless he has been authorized thereto by the administering officer. |
| (b) |
An application for such authority shall be made on a form obtainable for this purpose from the administering officer, and such form shall after completion be lodged with the administering officer. |
| (c) |
The treatment of a liquor product with potassium ferro cyanide in terms of such authority shall be done under the supervision of the administering officer. |
| (d) |
The administering officer shall seal or lock each tank or other bulk container in which a liquor product that has been treated with potassium ferro cyanide, is kept, and that liquor product shall remain under his control until a certificate referred to in paragraph (h) has been issued in respect thereof, or until that liquor product has been destroyed under his supervision. |
| (e) |
The administering officer shall supervise— |
| (i) |
the taking of any sample from the liquor product concerned; |
| (ii) |
the addition to the liquor product concerned of any substance which may lawfully be added thereto; |
| (iii) |
the removal of the sediment from the liquor product concerned; |
| (iv) |
the mixing and clarifying of the liquor product concerned; |
| (v) |
the transfer of the liquor product concerned to another tank of bulk container, that shall likewise be sealed or locked by him as contemplated in paragraph (d); and |
| (vi) |
the disposal of any filtering material that was used in connection with the liquor product concerned, and of the sediment in a tank or bulk container from which the liquor product concerned was transferred. |
| (f) |
If a person to whom an authority referred to in paragraph (a) was granted, is of the opinion that the required object of the treatment concerned was achieved, he shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (e)— |
| (i) |
remove the liquor product concerned from the sediment and clarify it; and |
| (ii) |
thereafter take a sample of the liquor product concerned and submit it to the administering officer. |
| (g) |
A sample referred to in paragraph (f)(ii) shall— |
| (i) |
consist of at least 750 ml of the liquor product concerned; |
| (ii) |
be sealed and suitably identified by the administering officer; and |
| (iii) |
be tested, examined and analysed by an analyst in order to determine whether the liquor product concerned is free of simple and complex cyanides and cyanates. |
| (h) |
Control by the administering officer of the liquor product concerned shall be lifted if a certificate by an analyst confirms that the liquor product concerned contains no more than 0.1 milligram per litre of simple and complex cyanides and cyanates expressed as hydrocyanic acid. |
[Regulation 31(4)(h) substituted by regulation 2 of Notice No. R. 629 of 2015]
South African Institute for Drug Free Sport Act, 1997
