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Perishable Products Export Control Act, 1983 (Act No. 9 of 1983)

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Regulations relating to the Export of Perishable Products, 2025 - effective July 2025

Chapter 6: Shipping Line

Part C: Downloads of temperature recordings

27. Shipping Line Requirements

 

Every shipping line operating a vessel upon which perishable product has been loaded or is being conveyed shall furnish to the Board electronically—

 

(a) downloads of all temperature recordings measured by recording devices with regard to the temperature of all perishable product, which obligation shall commence upon loading and end when the perishable product is off-loaded from the vessel, which downloads shall be furnished daily or at such other intervals as the Board may require from time to time in writing;

 

(b) a download of the temperature recordings for each container prior to loading onto a vessel and at any other times, or at such intervals as the Board may require from time to time in writing; and

 

(c) a report indicating the container number, set point, ventilation setting, temperature probes, (including USDA probes if applicable), the delivery and return air temperatures prior to loading of each container onto a vessel and at any other times, or at such intervals as the Board may require from time to time in writing.