The following particulars shall be indicated on the label of a, container of mead:
| (a) |
The expression “alcoholic honey beverage” or "mead". |
[Clause 10(a) substituted by section 6(a) of Mead Regulations: Amendment under Notice No. R. 2247, GG46681, dated 8 July 2022]
| (b) |
The applicable class designation as specified in column 1 of Table 2: Provided that— |
| (i) |
the expression "mead", where applicable, need not be repeated if indicated in terms of paragraph (a) and is used in conjunction with the rest of the applicable class designation; and |
| (ii) |
the expression "traditional African mead", where applicable, need not be indicated. |
[Clause 10(b) substituted by section 6(b) of Mead Regulations: Amendment under Notice No. R. 2247, GG46681, dated 8 July 2022]
(c)
| (i) |
The alcohol content by means of a figure which, subject to the provisions of subparagraph (ii), represents the actual percentage of alcohol per volume in conjunction with a percentage symbol and one or more of the expressions "alcohol", "volume" or abbreviations thereof. |
| (ii) |
A figure referred to in subparagraph (i) shall not— |
| (aa) |
differ by more than 0,5 in numeral value from the actual alcohol content of the mead concerned; and |
| (bb) |
be higher or lower than the applicable maximum or minimum alcohol content specified in this Schedule. |
| (d) |
The name of the country or countries of origin in conjunction with the word "produced" or a synonym or inflection thereof along with an appropriate preposition, if not fully produced in South Africa. |
| (e) |
The name of the country of bottling in conjunction with the word 'bottled' or a synonym or inflection thereof along with an appropriate preposition, if not finally bottled in South Africa. |
| (f) |
The year of production by means of the words "produced in" followed by the year concerned in figures. |
| (g) |
Whether herbs and spices or natural extracts thereof or fruit cells, fruit juice or fruit juice concentrate have been used at any stage of the production process. |
| (h) |
The full name and physical business address of the person by whom or on whose behalf the mead is bottled with a view to the sale thereof by him or her in sealed containers. |
[Clause 10(h) substituted by section 6(c) of Mead Regulations: Amendment under Notice No. R. 2247, GG46681, dated 8 July 2022]
Statistics Act, 1999
