Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act, 2008 (Act No. 5 of 2008)NoticesCompulsory Specification for Aquacultured Live and Chilled Raw Bivalve Molluscs (VC9107)3. General Administrative Requirements |
| 3.1 | All live and chilled raw aquacultured bivalve molluscs as per the scope of this specification, to be offered for sale, shall comply with the requirements of this Compulsory Specification. |
| 3.2 | The facility/factory/establishment for the production of the product in the Republic of South Africa shall be pre-approved by the NRCS for conformity of production requirements as prescribed in Annex A - A.1. Such approval shall be reviewed annually or more frequently as may be determined by the NRCS. |
| 3.3 | The facility/factory/establishment as referenced in paragraph 3.2 above shall not dispatch any product covered in the scope of this specification, without a valid NRCS approvals certificate. |
| 3.4 | Application for approval of the product(s) shall be made to the NRCS for every consignment of the product covered by this specification which are imported into South Africa in accordance with the requirements of Annex A - A.2. |
| 3.5 | Application for approval required for export or any other purposes as required by the applicant, shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Annex A - A.3. |
| 3.6 | The facility/factory/establishment shall provide the NRCS with evidence of conformity of production on request. |
| 3.7 | The facility/factory/establishment shall inform the NRCS in writing of any change in the process of production affecting any mandatory requirement of this Compulsory Specification. In the event of such change/s the NRCS may, at its discretion, demand the submission of further evidence of conformity or a new application for approval. |
| 3.8 | The facility/factory/establishment shall immediately report to the NRCS in writing any failure, of whatever nature, to conform to the requirements of this Compulsory Specification. |
| 3.9 | A facility/factory/establishment which is suspended must re-apply to the NRCS in writing within three months of the date of suspension for a reassessment; otherwise approval for the establishment to operate in terms of this Compulsory Specification will be withdrawn. |
| 3.10 | A facility/factory/establishment shall notify the NRCS, in writing, when its operation is closing down three (3) months before the effective date. |
| 3.11 | The testing of product against the requirements of this Compulsory Specification, shall be done by test facilities that are accredited to use the test methods as referenced in the SAMSM&CP. In the case where there are no test facilities available that are in compliance with the foregoing, the NRCS shall determine which test facilities can be used in terms of its conformity assessment policy. |
| 3.12 | The NRCS shall issue health guarantee certificates for export purposes, where required, in accordance with the requirements of the country of destination as prescribed in Annex B. |
| 3.13 | The NRCS may for the purposes of inspection and verification of products, sample products according to the regulatory risk based sampling plans. |
