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 7: Certification of Equipment, Handling and Storage Facilities and Modes of TransportPart A: General29. Good management practices |
| (1) | All equipment, handling and storage facilities and modes of transport shall comply with good management practices, to ensure maintenance of perishable product condition, and— |
| (a) | all temperature specifications, and the control, measurement, recording or logging of temperatures, shall be in degrees centigrade; |
| (b) | all storage, transport and handling facilities to be used for the storage, handling and transport of perishable product shall (where applicable) be equipped with accurate automatic recording devices and sensors to record DAT, RAT and perishable product temperatures; |
| (c) | all temperature control devices shall be set to control chilled perishable product in the delivery air stream and the DAT (excluding RRMT’s) shall be between minus 0.5˚C to 0.5˚C from the temperature set point for the storage or transport of chilled perishable product; |
| (d) | the RAT shall (where applicable) be at a temperature colder than the temperature set point in a storage, transport mode or handling facility used for the storage and transport of frozen perishable product; |
| (e) | an accurate electronic logbook or mechanical record of temperatures and such other records as the Board may, in writing, require from time to time to be maintained, shall be so maintained in each cold storage facility approved and certified by the Board, and shall at all times be available for perusal by representatives of the Board and/or the Department; and |
| (f) | the recording of temperatures shall take place under such conditions and at such times as the Board may from time to time require. |
| (2) | The Board shall determine the quantity of a perishable product destined for export that may be stored in a given space in a cold storage facility and/or facility that has been approved and certified by the Board. |
| (3) | No perishable product of any particular type or class shall, without the consent of the Board, be placed in a cold storage facility and/or handling facility that has not been approved and certified by the Board for that particular class or type of perishable product. |
| (4) | The method of handling and storage of a perishable product, in and out of a Board approved and certified cold storage facility, shall be determined by the Board. |
| (5) | A representative of the Board and/or the Department shall at all times have access to any premises, facility and/or equipment utilized in the storage of perishable product intended for export, and may request and inspect records relating to such premises, facility, equipment and/or such perishable product. |
