Adult Basic Education and Training Act, 2000
R 385
Perishable Products Export Control Act, 1983 (Act No. 9 of 1983)RegulationsRegulations relating to the Export of Perishable Products, 2025 - effective July 2025Chapter 4: Export Information and Data Requirements20. Data required at the transportation stage |
| (1) | Where perishable product is exported by sea then in such an instance a Manifest of shipment is required to be provided by the exporter and /or cold chain service provider, or their agent, to the Board. Where perishable product is exported by air the exporter and/or cold chain service provider, or their agent, shall provide the Board with an air waybill. In the instance of RRMT a Manifest of shipment shall be provided by the exporter and/or cold chain service provider, or their agent, to the Board. |
| (2) | Every exporter or cold chain service provider (as the case may be) shall furnish the Board electronically (in such format and manner as the Board may require) with en route management data, including trans-shipment data, and shall report to the Board electronically every 24 hours, before 12h00 GMT+2. |
| (3) | The information required to be provided by the cold chain service provider shall be in accordance with such instruction as may be issued by the Board, which may include the set point (in degrees centigrade), ventilation setting, DAT (in degrees centigrade), temperature regime, RAT (in degrees centigrade), cold treatment probe readings (where applicable), date and time of loading, container number (if applicable), vessel name, hatch position (if applicable), gas readings (if applicable) and type of perishable product. |
| (4) | An exporter or cold chain service provider or their agent shall, as soon as they become aware of any breach of security to the Board’s ICT system, immediately report such security breach to the Chief Executive Officer, in writing. |
| (5) | All information published by the Board as to the volumes of perishable product exported from the Republic in any particular period is issued without any warranty by the Board as to correctness thereof. |
| (6) | Every shipping line, being a cold chain service provider accepting perishable product in its shipping space, shall without delay furnish to the Board electronically a non-negotiable copy of the bill of lading and/or Manifest for such perishable product and the bill of lading and/or the Manifest so furnished shall be deemed to be sufficient evidence that such shipment of a perishable product has taken place. |
| (7) | Where perishable product is conveyed by a mode of transport other than a shipping line, the cold chain service provider or its agent, shall without delay electronically furnish the information provided for in sub-regulation (6), and the bill of lading and/or the Manifest so furnished in regulation 29(a) shall be deemed to be sufficient evidence that such shipment of a perishable product has taken place. |
| (8) | Every exporter and cold chain service provider or their agent shall ensure that all perishable product has passed the required quality and/or phytosanitary inspections prior to proceeding for cold treatment. |
