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National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act, 2008 (Act No. 5 of 2008)

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Compulsory Specification for Aquacultured Live and Chilled Raw Bivalve Molluscs (VC9107)

4. Specific Requirements

 

4.1 The harvesting, handling, preparation, processing, packing, transporation, storage, chilling, quality of the products covered by this specification, the hygiene requirements for the product, as well as chemical contaminations, microbiological contaminants, and marine biotoxins requirements of the product and the packing facility employee requirements, shall comply with the requirements of the latest edition of SANS 2879.

 

4.2 The principles of HACCP, as recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, shall as a minimum be used for the implementation of a product safety management system.

 

4.3 All local live aquacultured bivalves molluscs for packing and/or processing shall be obtained from a source that has a valid permit from DAFF to harvest or supply live bivalves molluscs.

 

4.4 Farms shall be evaluated and approved annually by DAFF as per the requirements of the SAMSM &CP and animal health guarantees shall be issued to the NRCS. Packers shall also be issued with permits on an annual basis by the DAFF, after official approval of the facility/factory/establishment by the NRCS.

 

4.5 Land-based wet storage facilities shall conduct monthly microbiological testing of the live aquacultured bivalves molluscs and water against the requirements of the SAMSM &CP.

 

4.6 All official sampling of live aquacultured bivalves molluscs and water shall take place according to the requirements of the SAMSM&CP.

 

4.7 No live aquacultured bivalves molluscs shall be harvested, packed or shipped for the purpose of placing on the market for human consumption

 

4.8 In the event of an amendment or updating of the SANS standard referenced in 4.1 above, the facility/factory/establishment shall be in compliance with the amended or updated requirements within six months of publication of the amended or updated standard. If evidence of compliance to such amendments or updates cannot be provided, the approval of the facility/factory/establishment may be withdrawn.