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

Regulations

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

1. Definitions

 

In these regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning, and—

 

"address"

means a physical address in the Republic of South Africa and includes the street or road number or name, and the name of a town, village or suburb and, in the case of a farm, the name or number of the farm and of the magisterial district in which it is situated;

 

"bulk container"

means a potato truck, any vehicle or carrier container used for the transportation or storage of potatoes;

 

"carrier container"

means a container in which more than one consumer packages are packed;

 

"class"

in relation to the quality of potatoes, means a class referred to in regulation 4;

 

"class-marked potatoes"

means potatoes of which the container is marked or in the proximity of which the mark is applied indicating that such potatoes are of a particular quality or possess particular quality properties;

 

"colour plates"

means potato quality standards and colour plates, which are compiled by the Directorate of Food Safety and Quality Assurance of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in consultation with role players in the industry;

 

"consignment"

means—

(a) a quantity of potatoes of the same class belonging to the same owner which is delivered at any one time under cover of the same consignment note, receipt note, or is delivered by the same vehicle, or
(b) in the case of quantity of potatoes that is divided into different classes, size groups, cultivars, trademarks or types of packaging, each quantity of each of the different classes, size groups, cultivars, trademarks or types of packaging;

 

"container"

means a bag or any other container in which potatoes are directly packed but excluding bulk and, carrier containers that are shipped or road-transported;

 

"decay"

means a state of decomposition or fungal development except dry stem-end rot, partly or completely affecting the quality of the potato detrimentally;

 

"foreign matter"

means any material not normally present in, on or among potatoes with the exception of soil;

 

"groove cut"

means a cut as depicted in Annexure B;

 

"inspector"

means the Executive Officer or an officer under his control or an Assignee or suitably qualified employee of an Assignee;

 

"level cut"

means a cut as depicted in Annexure B;

 

"malformed"

means that the shape of a potato is not typical of the cultivar concerned;

 

"photo"

means the photos in the colour plates;

 

"potatoes"

means the raw tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum intended for human consumption;

 

"straight cut"
means a cut as depicted in Annexure B;
 

"the Act"

means the Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No.119 of 1990); and

 

"unspecified defects"

means any defects caused by physiological or non-physiological factors affecting the quality of the potato detrimentally.

 

 


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