Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Perishable Products Export Control Act, 1983 (Act No. 9 of 1983)RegulationsRegulations relating to the Export of Perishable Products, 1983Chapter II : Loading and Carrying InstructionsPart V : Container Ships with Centralised Refrigeration SystemSection III : Loading of Containers |
Acceptance Temperatures
| 48. | Representatives of the Board shall check the temperatures of perishable products immediately before they are loaded into a container. |
Protection of Product During Loading
| 49. | If an interruption occurs during the loading period, every attempt shall be made to ensure that the product temperature is maintained in the container. |
| 50. | Products waiting for containers shall, if possible be returned to cold rooms. |
| 51. | Cold room doors and the doors of partially filled containers shall be closed if a pause in loading occurs. |
| 52. | The total time for loading shall not exceed one hour in the case of a 6 m (20 ft) container or one and a half hours in the case of a 12 m (40 ft) container. |
Documentation and Sealing
53.
| (1) | Once a container has been filled, the necessary documents shall be completed and such container shall be sealed without delay so that the time without refrigeration is kept to a minimum. |
| (2) | When a large number of containers are worked simultaneously, careful track shall be kept of the documents to ensure that no filled container is overlooked and thus delayed. |
Air Closure Valves
| 54. | For all frozen products and all deciduous fruit the air closure valves of containers shall remain shut during road transport in order to maintain the product temperature. |
| 55. | For all citrus fruit, however, the air closure valves of containers shall remain open for dissipation of CO2. |
| 56. | Both air closure valves of a container shall be opened immediately prior to the loading of such container on to the ship or prior to such container's being connected to temperature holding equipment. |
| Note.- | The set points and control temperatures for clip-on units at South African ports are given in Appendix I. |
