Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)RegulationsRegulations relating to Coffee, Chicory and related products intended for sale in the Republic of South AfricaPart IV : Marking Requirements26. Restricted particulars on containers and outer containers |
| (1) |
| (a) | No product name other than the applicable product name in Table 1 for the coffee, chicory or related product concerned shall be marked on a container or outer container thereof: Provided that product names of other categories of coffee, chicory and/or related products from the same manufacturer indicated for the sole purpose of promotion and/or comparative claims shall be allowed on the side panel or back panel of a container and shall be accompanied by wording such as but not limited to for example “also try these products in our range”. |
| (b) | No word or expression which so nearly resembles the product name for coffee, chicory or a related product concerned that it could be misleading with regard to the composition of the product presented for sale, shall be marked on the container or outer container of such product. |
| (2) | No word, mark, illustration, depiction or other method of expression that constitutes a misrepresentation or directly or by implication creates or may create a misleading impression regarding the quality, nature, category, origin or composition of coffee, chicory or a related product shall be marked on a container or outer container of such product. |
| (3) | Subject to the provisions of regulation 20(2)(e), the claims “100%”, “100% pure” “100% coffee”, “100% pure coffee”, “pure coffee” or “pure”, shall not be marked on a container or outer container of Mixed coffee (coffee mixture), Chicory, Chicory extracts, Coffee and chicory mixture, Coffee and chicory essence (liquid coffee and chicory extract/ concentrate), Instant coffee and chicory extract, Chicory and coffee mixture or Instant chicory and coffee extract. |
| (4) | No claim regarding the absence of any substance that does not normally occur in coffee, chicory or a related product shall be marked on a container or outer container of such product, except in the cases where the negative claim is allowed for in the regulations published under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972). |
| (5) | The word “instant” may only be marked on a container or outer container containing Instant coffee (soluble coffee extract), Decaffeinated instant coffee, Instant chicory (soluble chicory extract), Instant coffee and chicory extract as well as Instant chicory and coffee extract. |
| (6) | Any depictions, illustrations, words or wording which emphasise the presence of an added foodstuff in coffee, chicory or related products shall only be allowed on a container or outer container if the requirements of Quantitative Ingredient Declarations (QUID), as specified in the regulations published under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act,1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972), have been complied with. |
| (7) | The provisions of this regulation shall also apply to particulars that are marked on— |
| (a) | a notice board displayed at or in the immediate vicinity of coffee, chicory or a related product that is kept or displayed for sale; and |
| (b) | all advertisements for coffee, chicory and related products. |
