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

Regulations

Purchase

All grades of canned vegetables and pickled vegetables—

(a)	shall be prepared from sound, fresh, clean and washed vegetables of any suitable cultivar;

(b)	shall, subject to the provision of paragraph (c) below, be free from any substance which does not normally form part of canned or picked vegetables, excluding extraneous vegetable matter; and

(c)	may contain added foodstuffs, food additives, colourants, seeds, spices, aromatic herbs and/or condiments.