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Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

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Classification, Packing and Marking of Dairy Products and Imitation Dairy Products intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Part I : Dairy Products

4. General standards for dairy products

 

(1) All classes of dairy products shall—
(a) have a clean characteristic flavour, texture and taste of the specific product concerned;
(b) subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (3), be free of any substance that does not naturally form part of milk; and
(c) comply with the applicable standards as specified in columns 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Tables 1 to 21 opposite the class concerned.

 

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (1), dairy products shall comply with the additional requirements for each product concerned indicated in regulations 5 to 22.

 

(3) A dairy product may contain food additives to the extent permissible in the regulations published under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972), and/or other foodstuffs.

 

(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (3), a composite dairy product shall be free of any substance that does not naturally form part of milk or the foodstuff that has been added thereto.