Applied by Uganda on the entire world for 0401: Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter., 0402: Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. and 0403: Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.
2 (1) No person shall add any substance to food, use any substance as an ingredient in the preparation of food, abstract any constituent from food or subject food to any other process or treatment so as in any such case to
render the food injurious to health, with intent that the food shall be sold for human consumption in that state.
(2) No person shall add any substance to, or abstract any constituent from, a drug so as to affect injuriously the quality, constitution or potency of the drug, with intent that the drug shall be sold in that state.
(3) Subject to this section, no person shall—
(a) sell for human consumption, offer, expose or advertise for sale for human consumption, or have in his or her possession for the purpose of such sale, any food rendered injurious to health by means of any operation described in subsection (1); or
(b) sell, offer, expose or advertise for sale or have in his or her possession for the purpose of sale, any drug injuriously affected in its quality, constitution or potency by means of any operation described in subsection (2).
(4) Any person who contravenes any of the foregoing provisions of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(5) In determining for the purposes of this Act whether an article of food is injurious to health, regard shall be had not only to the probable effect of that article on the health of a person consuming it, but also to the probable
cumulative effect of articles of substantially the same composition on the health of a person consuming those articles in ordinary quantities.
(6) In proceedings under this section for an offence consisting of the advertisement for sale of any food or drug, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that, being a person whose business it is to publish, or arrange for the publication of, advertisements, he or she received the advertisement for publication in the ordinary course of business.
3 (1) If a person sells to the prejudice of the purchaser any food or drug which is not of the nature, or not of the substance, or not of the quality, of the food or drug demanded by the purchaser, he or she, subject to section 4,commits an offence.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings.
(3) In proceedings under this section it shall not be a defence to allege that the purchaser bought for analysis or examination and therefore was not prejudiced.
(4) In this section, except so far as it relates to drugs, the reference to sale shall be construed as a reference to sale for human consumption.
4. Defences available in proceedings under section 3.
(1) In proceedings under section 3 for an offence consisting of the sale of food to which any substance has been added, or in the preparation of which any substance has been used as an ingredient, or from which any constituent has been abstracted, or which has been subjected to any other process or treatment, other than food thereby rendered injurious to health, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the operation in question was not carried out fraudulently, and that the article was sold having attached to it a notice of adequate size, distinctly and legibly printed and conspicuously visible, stating explicitly the nature of the operation, or was sold in a wrapper or container displaying such a notice.
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall apply in relation to proceedings for an offence consisting of the sale of a drug to which any substance has been added, or from which any constituent has been abstracted, other than a drug thereby injuriously affected in its quality, constitution or potency, as they apply in relation to any offence mentioned in that subsection.
(3) In proceedings under section 3 in respect of any food or drug containing some extraneous matter, it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that the presence of that matter was an unavoidable consequence of the process of collection or preparation.
(4) In proceedings under section 3 in respect of diluted whisky, brandy, rum or gin, it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that the spirit in question had been diluted with water only and that its strength was still not lower than thirty-five degrees underproof.
16 (1) Subject to this section, no person shall—
(a) add any water or colouring matter or any other liquid or substance, or any dried or condensed milk or liquid reconstituted from that dried or condensed milk, to milk intended for sale for human consumption;
(b) add any separated milk or mixture of cream and separated milk to unseparated milk intended for sale for human consumption;
(c) sell, or offer or expose for sale, or have in his or her possession for the purpose of sale for human consumption, any milk to which any addition has been made in contravention of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this section; or
(d) sell, or offer or expose for sale, under the designation of milk, any liquid in the making of which any separated milk or any dried or condensed milk has been used.
(2) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), a person shall be deemed to retain the possession of milk which is deposited in any place for collection until it is actually collected; but nothing in this subsection shall be taken as prejudicing the defence available under section 22(2) to a person charged with an offence in respect of a sample of the milk taken after the milk has left his or her possession.
(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to such persons or to such class of persons as the Minister may, by statutory order, exempt, and any such exemption may be subject to such conditions as the Minister may, in his or her discretion, impose
Reference of the measure
Part II Section 2 (1)-(6) & section 3 (1)-(4), part III section 16
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0401
Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
Yes
Milk
0402
Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
Yes
Milk
0403
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.
This specification covers the manufacture, production, processing. or treatment of the cooked product, smoked snoek (Thyrsites atun).
Description of the measure
4.4 Colouring Substances
Any suitable colouring substance permitted by the Regulations under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, may be used in the preparation of the product.
5.2.7 Preservatives shall not be used in the product.
Reference of the measure
Regulation 4.4 and 5.2.7
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0302.89
-- Other
Yes
Snoek
0305.49.90
--- Other
Yes
smoked snoek
Description
Snoek intended for smoking or in the course of preparation for smoking or in the course of being
smoked or after having been smoked, as indicated by the context.
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 0306.11: -- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) and 0306.12: -- Lobsters (Homarus spp.)
This specification covers requirements for the handling, preparation, processing, packaging, freezing, storage and quality of frozen lobster tails, frozen whole lobster (cooked or raw) or any other frozen lobster product derived from lobsters of the families Palinuridae and Scyllaridae, and of the family Nephropidae (genera Homarus, Nephrops and Metanephrops, or any other species of lobster), intended for human consumption. It also covers requirements for factories and employees involved in the production.
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
4.1.I.4 Additives
Only permitted additives shall be used, and then only in the permitted quantities.
Reference of the measure
Regulation 4.1.I.4
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0306.11
-- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
Yes
Frozen rock lobster
0306.12
-- Lobsters (Homarus spp.)
No
Description
Frozen rock lobster and frozen lobster products derived therefrom
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 15: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
2. Maximum Trans-Fat content of foodstuffs
(1) In line with section 2(1 )(a)(iv) of the Act, the sale, manufacturing and importation of any oils and fats, including emulsions with fat as the continuous phase, either alone or as part of processed foods, which are intended for human consumption or assumed to be intended for human consumption, in the retail trade, catering businesses, restaurants, institutions, bakeries etcetera, of which the content of Trans-Fat exceeds 2 grams per 100
grams of oil or fat, is prohibited.
(2) Subject to sub-regulation 2(1) and regulation 4, in cases where Trans-Fat in the end product may be deriving from both partially hydrogenated fat or oil in an ingredient or additive, as well as from ingredients from ruminant animal origin, the Trans-Fat content per individual ingredient at the mixing bowl stage-
(a) shall be kept on record for the purpose of compliance with these Regulations; and
(b) subject to regulation 3, where the claim "Trans-Fat free" is made, the TransFat content which shall be declared in the table with nutritional information on the label shall, be the sum of analytical values per individual ingoing
ingredient, excluding natural trans-fatty acids.
Reference of the measure
Regulation 2(1)
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
15
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 1904.10: - Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products, 1905: Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products., 2004: Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20.06., 2005: Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06., 1901: Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of, 16: Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, 2104.10: - Soups and broths and preparations therefor and 2104.20: - Homogenised composite food preparations
Any foodstuff in column II of Table 1 below , which are offered for sale on the dates mentioned in column IV shall comply with the corresponding reduced total sodium levels mentioned in column III.
Reference of the measure
Regulation 2
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
1904.10
- Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products
No
1905
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products.
Yes
Bread
2004
Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20.06.
Yes
Savoury snacks
2005
Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06.
Yes
Savoury snacks
1901
Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of
No
16
Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
Bread; All breakfast cereals and porridges , wheter ready to eat, instant or cooked up, hot or cold; All fat and butter spreads ; Ready-to-eat savoury snacks, excluding salt-and vinegar flavoured savoury snacks; Flavoured potato crisps , excluding salt-and -vinegar flavoured potato crisps; Flavoured, ready-to-eat , savoury snacks and potato crisps - salt- and-vinegar only; Processed meat (classes 6, 12 or 14 of the South African National Standard SANS 885:2011)-uncured; Processed meat (classes 7, 10 or 11 of the South African National Standard SANS 885:2011)-cured; Raw-processed meat sausage (all types) and similar products; Dry soup powder (not instant type); Dry gravy powders and dry instant savoury sauces; Dry savoury powders with dry instant noodles to be mixed with a liquid; Stock cubes, stock poweders, stock granules, stock emulsions, stock pastes or stock jellies
Standards for sweetened condensed milk
8. (1) Sweetened condensed milk shall --
(a) be manufactured by partial removal of water from milk with the addition of sugar, or by any other process which leads to a product of the same composition and characteristics; and
(b) comply with the provisions of regulation 4.
(2) Sodium chloride may be added during the manufacturing process.
Standards for yoghurt and drinking yoghurt
10. (1) Yoghurt and drinking yoghurt shall --
(a) be manufactured mainly from heat treated milk and/or reconstituted or recombined milk that has been inoculated with a yoghurt culture to produce a microbiological flora under controlled conditions;
(b) contain at least 107 colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) of viable yoghurt culture micro-organism per gram of a product;
(c) not be subjected to heat treatment after fermentation; and
(d) comply with the provisions of regulation 4.
(2) If a specific micro-organism is used in conjunction with the sale of any type of (drinking) yoghurt and where the content claim is made in the labelling that refers to the presence of such specific micro-organism that has been added to supplement the yoghurt culture, it shall contain at least 107 colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) of that specified micro-organism.
(3) The standards specified in Table 6 shall be applicable to yoghurt and drinking yoghurt --
(a) without added sugar; and
(b) with or without food additives, which have only been sweetened with a permitted non-nutritive sweetener.
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 2934.99: -- Other, 2942.00: Other organic compounds., 2924.29.90: --- Other, 2929.90.10: -- Calcium cyclamate; sodium cyclamate, 2925.11: -- Saccharin and its salts, 2929.90.90: -- Other, 2905.49: -- Other, 2934.99: -- Other, 2940.00: Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of heading 29.37, 29.38 or 29.39., 2905.43: -- Mannitol, 2924.29.90: --- Other, 2905.44: -- D-glucitol (sorbitol), 2938.90: - Other and 3504.00: Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed.
5. No foodstuff containing a sweetener as an ingredient shall exceed the maximum level, taking accompanying notes into consideration, as specified in the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, in such a foodstuff.
Reference of the measure
Regulation 5
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
2934.99
-- Other
Yes
Acesulfame potassium
2942.00
Other organic compounds.
Yes
Alitame
2924.29.90
--- Other
Yes
Aspartame, Aspartame-acesufame salt
2929.90.10
-- Calcium cyclamate; sodium cyclamate
Yes
Calcium and sodium cyclamate
2925.11
-- Saccharin and its salts
Yes
Calcium and potassium saccharin
2929.90.90
-- Other
Yes
Cyclamic acid
2905.49
-- Other
Yes
Erythrotol, Xylitol
2934.99
-- Other
Yes
Isomalt
2940.00
Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of heading 29.37, 29.38 or 29.39.
Yes
Lactitol, maltitol, sucralose
2905.43
-- Mannitol
No
2924.29.90
--- Other
Yes
Neotame
2905.44
-- D-glucitol (sorbitol)
No
2938.90
- Other
Yes
Steviol glycosides
3504.00
Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed.
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 02: Meat and edible meat offal, 05: Products of animal origin,not elsewhere specified or included, 41: Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather, 43: Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof and 67: Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
Final washing
77. (1) A carcass may be washed with running water under moderate pressure to remove bone chips from the split sternum and vertebrae and to wash off blood after completion of meat inspection.
(2) No person may apply to any carcass, meat or animal product any insecticide or antibiotic substance, or any substance which is intended to prevent the spoilage of the carcass, meat or animal product by inhibiting the activities of insects, or by preventing the development of bacteria or moulds, or for any purpose whatsoever: Provided that this does not apply to a substance which complies with the requirements of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972) and is approved per protocol by the provincial executive officer
Reference of the measure
Part V Section 77
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
02
Meat and edible meat offal
No
05
Products of animal origin,not elsewhere specified or included
No
41
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
No
43
Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
No
67
Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 15: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
2. Special provisions
(1) These regulations shall apply to edible fats and oils and mixtures thereof which are intended for final consumption, including catering purposes or which are used as medium of cooking or as ingredients in the manufacture of foodstuffs.
(2) Edible fats and oils shall be free from mineral oils.
Reference of the measure
Section 2(1&2)
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
15
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 15: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
This specification specifies requirements for the manufacture, production, processing and treatment of canned meat products intended for human consumption.
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
5.4 Fat
Fat shall be pure, edible and free from obvious rancidity. Anti-oxidants may be used in accordance with the provisions of the said Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act.
Reference of the measure
Regulation 5.4
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
15
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
This specification specifies requirements for the manufacture, production, processing and treatment of canned meat products intended for human consumption
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
5.7 Sodium gluamate
Sodium glutamate used in the product shall be specially prepared for use in foods.
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 1702.90: - Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose
This specification specifies requirements for the manufacture, production, processing and treatment of canned meat products intended for human consumption
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
5.11 Caramel
Caramel used shall be suitably prepared for use in foodstuffs.
Reference of the measure
Regulation 5.11
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
1702.90
- Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose
This specification specifies requirements for the manufacture, production, processing and treatment of canned meat products intended for human consumption
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
5.12 Sweetening ingredients
All sweetening ingredients used shall comply with the requirements prescribed by the regulations under the current Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act.
Reference of the measure
Regulation 5.12
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
2106.90.35
-- Sweetening substances (excluding sweetening substances with a basis of saccharine)
This specification specifies requirements for the manufacture, production, processing and treatment of canned meat products intended for human consumption
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
5.15 Phosphates
Phosphates shall be suitable for use in meat products.
This specification specifies requirements for the manufacture, production, processing and treatment of canned meat products intended for human consumption
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
5.16 Citric, lactic, and ascorbic acids
Citric, lactic, and ascorbic acids shall be of British Pharmacopoeia quality. Sodium ascorbate shall be of a grade intended for use in foods.
Reference of the measure
Regulation 5.16
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
2918.14
-- Citric acid
Yes
used in canned meat products
3907.70
- Poly(lactic acid)
Yes
used in canned meat products
2936.27
-- Vitamin C and its derivatives
Yes
used in canned meat products
Description
Citric, lactic, and ascorbic acids used in canned meat products
This specification specifies requirements for the manufacture, production, processing and treatment of canned meat products intended for human consumption
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
5.21 Colourants
Any colourant used (see 6.6) shall be one of those permitted by the regulation under the said Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act.
This specification specifies requirements for the manufacture, production, processing and treatment of canned meat products intended for human consumption.
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
5.22 Garnish
Garnish, if used, shall consist of pimento, cured olives or other suitably prepared, sound, edible vegetable material.
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