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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 8: Post-Harvest Treatment, Loading and Carrying Instructions

Part E: Cold Chain Validation

60. The Board may adopt and implement Cold Chain validation

 

(1) The Board may adopt and implement a validation process and procedure to evaluate whether any facility and/or any mode of transport utilized in connection with any perishable product complies with the specifications and requirements of these regulations.

 

(2) The Board may in its discretion, for the purposes of any such validation process envisaged in sub-regulation (1), conduct inspections in such manner and at such intervals as the Board considers are necessary to ensure compliance.

 

(3) The Board may adopt and implement a validation process and procedure to evaluate whether the cold chain, handling procedure and/or temperature regime in respect of any perishable product complies with the specifications and requirements of these regulations.

 

(4) The Board may in its discretion, for the purposes of any such validation process envisaged in sub-regulation (3), inspect all or a selected representative sample of any consignment of perishable product.