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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 7: Certification of Equipment, Handling and Storage Facilities and Modes of Transport

Part A: General

28. Certification by the Board

 

(1) All equipment, handling and storage facilities and modes of transport (including but not limited to packing facilities, cold storage facilities, container depots, ambient facilities, port terminal facilities, road and rail trucks, aircraft, containers and vessels) used for the handling, cooling, storage and transport of refrigerated (including pre-cooled) and non-refrigerated perishable products destined for export, shall be subject to approval thereof by the Board and, except in the case of rail trucks and aircraft, the issue of an electronic registration certificate by the Board.

 

(2) The Board shall maintain, on an electronic database, a register of all equipment, handling and storage facilities and modes of transport as envisaged in sub-regulation (1), and shall certify all facilities, equipment and modes of transport at determined intervals.

 

(3) In deciding whether or not to approve equipment, handling and storage facilities and modes of transport in terms of sub-regulation (1), the Board may take into consideration any certificate of authority issued by any third party relating to the reliability, insulation, circulation, refrigerating capacity and the cleanliness and suitability of such equipment, handling and storage facilities or mode of transport.

 

(4) If the Board is of the opinion that any certificate of authority issued by any third party for equipment approved and certified by the Board for a handling and storage facility, or a mode of transport, is no longer valid or reliable, the Board may at any time withdraw the Board’s approval and registration certificate in respect of such equipment, handling and storage facility or mode of transport.

 

(5) If the Board considers that any requirement of the Board, or these regulations, in respect of the control or management of approved and certified equipment, a handling and storage facility, or a mode of transport, is not being complied with, the Board may at any time withdraw its approval and registration certificate in respect of such equipment, handling and storage facility or mode of transport.

 

(6) The responsibility to ensure that all equipment, handling and storage facilities and modes of transport are certified by the Board, and are at all times compliant with Board requirements, shall at all times remain with the exporter and/or cold chain service provider.