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Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)

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Establishment of Statutory Measure: Records and Returns in respect of Dried Vine Fruit

5. Records to be kept by importers, packers, exporters and processors of dried vine fruit

 

(1) Each producers, importer, packer, exporter and processor of dried vine fruit shall keep complete records for each calendar month in respect of dried vine fruit handled, imported or exported by him. These shall also include any person, e.g. a producer who acts in the capacity of the aforementioned persons.

 

(2) Each person mentioned in sub-clause (1), irrespective of whether or not he has premises, shall keep the following records:
(a) Opening stock - the opening stock of all dried vine fruit physically on his premises on the first day of a calendar month.
(b) Producer deliveries - all dried vine fruit received direct from the farm of a producer on his premises according to fruit kind of production. This will include the grades of the loads delivered.
(c) Imports - in respect of imported dried vine fruit, records shall be kept of:
(i) Name and address of importer and person on whose behalf imports are made.
(ii) Quantity of dried vine fruit imported per country of origin and per fruit kind.
(iii) Quantity of imported dried vine fruit destined for:
(aa) consumption in South Africa.
(bb) exports per country of destination.
(d) Other receipts - all dried vine fruit received at the premises other than dried vine fruit already declared above as producer deliveries and imports, including records of the name of the consignor and address of the premises from where the dried vine fruit was dispatched as well as the mass of the dried vine fruit received.
(e) Dried vine fruit processed - all dried vine fruit processed on his premises in the name of or on behalf of producers or other clients.
(f) Exports and local distribution - in respect of dried vine fruit that is distributed (international and local market), records shall be kept in respect of:
(i) Name and address of the exporter and the person on behalf of whom the export takes place.
(ii) Quantity of dried vine fruit per fruit kind and size exported per country of intended destination.
(iii) Name of harbour and owner of harbour premises where the exported dried vine fruit was handled.
(iv) Name and particulars of the vessel in which a quantity of dried vine fruit is exported.
(g) Other local dispatches - records shall be kept of all dried vine fruit dispatched from his premises to other premises than those mentioned in (f), including separate records of the name of the person and the address of the premises to which the dried vine fruit was dispatched, as well as the mass per fruit kind dispatched.
(h) Closing stock - the closing stock of all dried vine fruit physically on his premises on the last day of a calendar month.
(i) Storage of dried vine fruit on producer's farm - the quantity of dried vine fruit that is in a storage facility on the producer's farm on the last day of a calendar month and of which the full ownership has already passed on to the keeper of the records.

 

(3) Records mentioned in sub-clauses (1) to (2) shall be
(a) recorded on an electronic system to ensure volumes and grades can be audited annually.
(b) kept at the head office or usual place of business of the person who is required to keep them for a period of at least four years after the end of the period in respect of which such records were kept.

 

(4) Producers are requested to supply any records, e.g. numbers of vines or fruit produced.

 

 


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