Genetically Modified Organisms Act, 1997
R 385
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act, 2008 (Act No. 5 of 2008)NoticesCompulsory Specification for Dried Abalone - VC9108 - Effective November 20253. General Administrative Requirements |
| 3.1 | All dried abalone to be offered for sale shall comply with the requirements of this Compulsory Specification. |
| 3.2 | The factory / establishment / facility for the production of the product in the Republic of South Africa shall be pre-approved by the NRCS for conformity of production requirements as prescribed in Annex A - A.1. Such approval shall be reviewed annually or more frequently as may be determined by the NRCS. |
| 3.3 | A factory/ establishment/ facility that is already pre-approved as per 3.2 for dried abalone, may in the case of locally produced products which are going to be sold in the local market, dispatch the product without the NRCS pre-inspection of each consignments. |
| 3.4 | Application for approval of the product(s) shall be made to the NRCS for every consignment of the product covered by this specification which are imported into South Africa in accordance with the requirements of Annex A - A.2. |
| 3.5 | Application for approval required for export or any other purposes as required by the applicant shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Annex A - A.3. |
| 3.6 | The factory / establishment / facility shall provide the NRCS with evidence of conformity of production on request. |
| 3.7 | The factory / establishment / facility shall inform the NRCS in writing of any change in the process of production affecting any mandatory requirement of this Compulsory Specification. In the event of such change/s the NRCS may, at its discretion, demand the submission of further evidence of conformity or a new application for approval. |
| 3.8 | The factory / establishment / facility shall immediately report to the NRCS in writing any failure, of whatever nature, to conform to the requirements of this Compulsory Specification. |
| 3.9 | A factory / establishment / facility which is suspended must re-apply to the NRCS in writing within three months of the date of suspension for a reassessment; otherwise approval for the establishment to operate in terms of this Compulsory Specification will be withdrawn. |
| 3.10 | A factory / establishment / facility shall notify the NRCS, in writing, when its operation is closing down three (3) months before the effective date. |
| 3.11 | The testing of dried abalone against the requirements of this Compulsory Specification shall be done by microbiological and chemical test facilities that are accredited to use the referenced test methods or any other accredited method validated against the reference method, and giving results that are better, or at least equal, to the accuracy of the reference method. In the case where there are no test facilities available in the Republic of South Africa that are in compliance with the foregoing, the NRCS shall determine which facilities may be used in terms of its Conformity Assessment Policy. |
| 3.12 | The NRCS shall issue health guarantee certificates for export purposes, where required, in accordance with the requirements of the country of destination as prescribed in Annex B. |
| 3.13 | The NRCS may for the purposes of inspection and verification of products, sample products according to the regulatory risk based sampling plans. |
| 3.14 | There will be fees and/or levies applicable as prescribed in the regulation, published under the NRCS Act. |
