Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)RegulationsGrading, Packing and Marking of Dried Fruit intended for sale in the Republic of South AfricaPart XI : Specific Quality Standards for other Mixed Dried Fruit and Dried Fruit Mixes48. Mixed Dried Fruit |
Quality standards
| (1) | Mixed dried fruit shall comply with the following quality standards: |
Permissible deviations
| (2) | The maximum permissible deviations for extraneous vegetable matter and foreign matter in the case of mixed dried fruit shall be aligned with the quality standards for individual fruit types used in the mix. |
Additional marking requirements
| (3) | Subject to the provisions of regulation 10— |
| (a) | the name of the product shall be "dried fruit mix" or "mixed dried fruit": Provided that the names of the types of dried fruit used shall be indicated in descending order (m/m) in close proximity to the name of the product; and |
| (b) | the use of a variant name (e.g. "fruit cocktail", "fruit salad", "cake mix", "baker's mix", etc.) in addition to and separately from the name of the product on the main panel to distinguish between the different variants of mixed dried fruit, is permissible: Provided that such variant names shall not be misleading. |