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

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Regulations relating to Coffee, Chicory and related products intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Part V : Sampling and Analysis

28. Analysis

 

(1) Samples shall be analysed using the latest versions of the methods set out in Table 2 below.

 

TABLE 2

METHODS OF ANALYSIS

 

Nature of determination

Method
(a) Caffeine content (anhydrous)

AOAC 960.25/979.11

ISO 4052 : 1983

ISO 20481 : 2008
(b) Moisture content

AOAC 968.11/979:12

ISO 20938 : 2008
(c) Dry matter content

ISO/DIS 22994

 

(2) Notwithstanding the requirements in sub-regulation (1) above, any other method which is accepted and approved by the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists (AOAC) or the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 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.

 

(3) When the results of the analysis performed deviate from the prescribed compositional requirements for the product concerned, the whole batch from which the relevant samples were obtained shall be regarded as non-compliant.