| (1) |
The country of origin of a liquor product as indicated on a label shall— |
| (a) |
in the case of a liquor product produced and bottled in a particular country in the containers in which it is to be sold in the Republic, consist of the generally accepted name of that country, preceded by the expression "Produced and bottled in" or "Geproduseer en gebottel in"; |
| (b) |
in the case of a liquor product produced in a particular country and bottled in another country, including the Republic, in the containers in which it is to be sold in the Republic, consist of the generally accepted name of the country of production thereof, preceded by the expression "Produced in" or "Geproduseer in", and followed by the expression "and bottled in" or "en gebottel in" and the generally accepted name of the country in which it was bottled; and |
| (c) |
in the case of a liquor product consisting of a mixture of liquor products produced in and imported into the Republic, and that has been bottled in the Republic, consist of the expression "Produced in" or "Geproduseer in", followed by the generally accepted names of the countries in which the components of that mixture have been produced, separated by the word "and" or "en" and indicated in descending order of volume in the mixture, and followed by the expression "and bottled in the Republic of South Africa" or "en gebottel in die Republiek van Suid-Afrika". |
| (2) |
An expression specified in subregulation (1) may be substituted by another expression in English or Afrikaans and with a similar meaning as such expression. |
| (3) |
If must or concentrated must from a country or countries other than the Republic is the primary ingredient of wine produced in the Republic or is added to must or wine before or during fermentation in the Republic— |
| (a) |
that fact and the name or names of that other country or countries shall be indicated on the label mutatis mutandis according to the provisions of regulation 34; and |
| (b) |
such wine may not claim to be a product solely of the Republic. |
[Regulation 37(3) inserted by regulation 3 of Notice No. R274, GG 42260, dated 1 March 2019]
Protection of Businesses Act, 1978
