Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)NoticesEstablishment of Statutory Measure : Records and Returns by Milk Producers6. Records and returns to be kept and submitted by milk producers |
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The following persons shall keep records and furnish returns with regard to milk in his or her possession or under his or her control: |
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The Milk Producers’ Organisation shall make return forms available to facilitate the process of submitting returns.
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The Administrator Milk Producers’ Organisation PO Box 1284 Pretoria 0001 |
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The Administrator Milk Producers’ Organisation 86 Watermeyer street, Val de Grace Pretoria 0184 |
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(4) | Each milk producer shall within 15 days after 31 October of each year, furnish an accurate return to the Milk Producers' Organisation. |
(5) | The records and returns shall contain information with regard to the following: |
(a) | Date of completion of the return form; |
(b) | Producer's name and surname and where applicable, also the name of the company, trust or closed corporation; |
(c) | Producer's postal address; |
(d) | Name of the producer's farm/s; |
(e) | GPS co-ordinate/s of milking parlour/s; |
(f) | Registration number of milking parlour/s; |
(g) | Name of the buyer/s of the milk |
(h) | Magisterial district in which the farm/s reside/s; |
(i) | Contact details of the producer, namely telephone, fax, e-mail and cell phone numbers; |
(j) | Breed of cattle and, in the case of cross-breeding, the breeds involved; |
(k) | Number of cows in milk in October; |
(l) | Number of dry cows (not in milk) in October; |
(m) | Number of heifers in October; |
• | Age 0 to 12 months; and |
• | Age of more than 12 months: |
• | Pregnant heifers; and |
• | Not pregnant heifers. |
(n) | Actual liters of milk produced in the 12 months preceding 31 October every year; |
(o) | Actual liters of milk that was used on the farm/s in the 12 months preceding 31 October every year; |
(p) | Production system: |
• | Pasture based; or |
• | Total mixed ration; or |
• | Combination of pasture based and total mixed ration |
(q) | Management system: |
• | Automatic computer based system; or |
• | Manual recordings. |
(6) | A record system that reflects good accounting practice shall be introduced and kept by the Milk Producers' Organisation. |