New Draft Regulations on Organic Production (October 2001)
Section 3: Restriction on the sale of organically produced products
(1)
No person shall sell organically produced products in the Republic of
South Africa --
(a) unless such products comply with the general standards referred to in regulation 4;
(b) unless such products from plant origin comply with the standards referred to in regulation 5;
(c) unless such products from animal origin comply with the standards referred to in regulation 6;
(d) unless such products comply with the bee keeping practices referred to in regulation 7;
(e) unless such products comply with the processing and handling practices referred to in regulation 8;
(f) unless the pest and disease control practices referred to in regulation 9 have been followed;
(g) unless the cleaning, disinfection and sanitising practices referred to in regulation 10 have been followed;
(h) unless such products are labelled and marked in the manner referred to in regulation 11; and
(i) unless such products have been inspected and certified as organic as referred to in regulation 12.
(2) The executive officer may exempt a person in writing, entirely or partially and on such conditions as he or she deems necessary, from the provisions of subregulation (1).
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