Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

Regulations

Regulations relating to Tea and related products intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Part IV : Marking Requirements

11. Indicating the product name
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The product names for the categories of tea and related products shall be as follows:

 

TABLE 2

PRODUCT NAMES FOR THE CATEGORIES OF TEA AND RELATED PRODUCTS

 

Category

Product name

1

2
(a)Named tea and Unspecified Tea:
(i) Black tea
(ii) Oolong tea
(iii) Green tea
(iv) White tea
(v) Yellow tea
(vi) Matcha tea
(vii) Pu-Erh tea
(viii)Unspecified tea

 

(i) Black tea
(ii) Oolong tea
(iii) Green tea
(iv) White tea
(v) Yellow tea
(vi) Matcha tea
(vii) Pu-Erh tea
(viii)The appropriate product name used when tea has been processed/treated in a manner other than the methods described in regulation 5(1), Table 1
(b)Instant tea (soluble tea extract)

"Instant 'X' tea" or "Soluble 'X' tea"

(c)Decaffeinated tea and Decaffeinated instant tea

"Decaffeinated 'X' tea"/"Decaf 'X' tea" or "Decaffeinated instant tea"/"Decaf instant tea", as the case may  be.
(d)Tea essence (liquid tea extract/concentrate)

"X" tea essence" or "X" tea concentrate" or "Liquid 'X' tea extract"/"Liquid 'X' tea concentrate"

 

Note: ‘X’ refers to the name of the specific category of tea used.