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National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act, 2008 (Act No. 5 of 2008)

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Compulsory Specification for Canned Fish, Canned Marine Molluscs and Canned Crustaceans and Products derived therefrom (VC8014)

Annexures

Annex A (Normative)

A.1 Application for Approval of a Facility and Product in the Republic of South Africa

 

The applicant shall apply to the NRCS for approval of the factory/processing facility. Approval of a factory/processing facility shall be valid for a maximum period of one (1) year. The applicant shall reapply for approval annually.

 

The application shall be accompanied by the following:

 

A.1.1 Details of the factory/processing facility for which approval is sought;

 

A.1.2 Documentation and records in support of an effective product safety management system, as required by clause 4.1 of this Compulsory Specification and SANS 587. For new factory/processing facilities, provisional approval may be given for a period of three months, in order to generate the required documentation and records;

 

A.1.3 Information required by the NRCS for the measures taken by the applicant to ensure ongoing conformity with the requirements of this Compulsory Specification;

 

A.1.4 Any reasonable additional information to clarify the application as requested by the NRCS; and

 

A.1.5 The NRCS shall issue an official factory/processing facility number on approval of the factory/processing facility.