In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act, shall have that meaning, and—

"Accredited laboratories"

means any laboratory that is not a National Reference Laboratory and that is accredited or nominated by the Executive Officer in writing as being suitable or required for the testing of compliance as envisaged in terms of regulations 6(1) and 7(1);

"animal products"

means dairy products, eggs and poultry meat;

"assignee"

means a person, undertaking, body, institution, association or board designated as such under section 2(3)(a) of the Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990);

"certificate"

means a certificate that may be issued either in paper format (including electronically prepared) or in a verified electronic format which describe and attest to conformity of a consignment of regulated agricultural products to stipulated requirements as set out in regulation 6;

"composite dairy product"

means a product consisting of a combination of a primary dairy product and another foodstuff, the solids of which are not intended to replace any part of the milk solids of that primary dairy product;

"consignment"

means, where used with regard to —

"consignment note"

means a consignment note approved by the Executive Officer or the Assignee;

"dairy product"

means a primary dairy product, a composite dairy product or a modified dairy product;

"Department"

means the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries;

"eggs"

means the eggs of the specie Gallus domesticus (domesticated fowls), Meleagrus gallapavo (turkeys) and Anas (ducks and muscovies);

"Executive Officer"

means the officer designated under section 2(1) of the Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

"inspector"

means the Executive Officer or an officer under his/her control, or an Assignee or an employee of an Assignee;

"milk"

means the normal secretion of the mammary glands of bovines, goats or sheep or other milking animals;

"modified dairy product"

means a product that, in so far as it relates to general appearance, presentation and intended use, corresponds to a primary dairy product, and of which not more than 50 per cent of the fat content, protein content and carbohydrate content has respectively been obtained from a source other than a primary dairy product;

"National Reference Laboratory"

means an official laboratory of the Department that has been nominated in writing by the Executive Officer for the testing of compliance as envisaged in terms of regulations 6(1) and 7(1);

"poultry meat"

means the slaughtered carcasses of the species Gallus domesticus (domesticated fowls), Anas spp., (ducks) and Meleagrus gallopavo (turkeys) as well as any portions or parts of such carcasses which are usually sold for human consumption;

"primary dairy product"

means milk or a product that has been derived or manufactured solely from milk, and to which no substance other than permitted food additives, not intended to replace any part of the milk solids in that product, are added and includes a product that consists of a combination of two or more of such products; and

"the Act"

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