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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/ZAF/255

Notification No.

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Date of Notification

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Title

Amendment of the compulsory specification for frozen fish, frozen marine molluscs and frozen products derived therefrom

Objective

Consumer information, labelling (TBT); Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection (TBT); Protection of human health or safety (TBT); Quality requirements (TBT); Harmonization (TBT); Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade (TBT)

Product Covered

Frozen fish, frozen marine molluscs, and frozen products derived therefrom; FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES (HS code(s): 03); PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS (HS code(s): 16); Agriculture (ICS code(s): 65); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67)

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HSCODE

03 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; 16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS; 0308 - Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked; 0307 - Molluscs, fit for human consumption, even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; 03048 - - Frozen fillets of other fish:; 03047 - - Frozen fillets of fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae:; 03046 - - Frozen fillets of tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.):; 0303 - Frozen fish (excl. fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304)

ICSCODE

67.120.30 - Fish and fishery products; 65 - Agriculture; 67 - Food technology

Keywords

Food standards

Specific Regions

Description

This amendment requires that frozen fish, marine molluscs, and products derived therefrom, for human consumption, which are to be offered for sale, comply with this amended compulsory specification which introduces that imported products are produced in food handling/manufacturing facilities that comply with Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) that are approved/certified by Competent Authorities in their country of origin. The introduction of a health guarantee/import certification requires Competent Authority in the country of origin attests to monitoring safety of facilities and consignments on the certificate, similar to processes conducted by authorities for local production. The technical requirements of the South African National Standard (SANS) 585: 2024 are that applies to the handling, preparation, processing, packing, transportation, freezing, storage and quality are still applicable to support this amendment.

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