Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)RegulationsGrading, Packing and Marking of Rice Kernels intended for sale in the Republic of South AfricaPart II : Containers, Packing and Marking Requirements10. Marking requirements |
| (1) | Each container in which rice is packed shall be marked in clearly legible letters with the following particulars at least in English— |
Name of the product
| (a) | The name of the product shall be rice. |
Additions to the name of the product
| (b) | The following shall be included as part of the name of the product or shall be indicated in close proximity thereto: |
| (i) | The grain length as set out in regulation 5(i); |
| (ii) | The colour of rice; |
| (iii) | The heat treatment (parboiling)as set out in Regulation 5(iii); and |
| (iv) | The name of the speciality rice and/or origin and/or usage of the rice may be included as part of the name of the product or may be indicated in close proximity thereto. |
| (v) | The marking requirements in terms of regulation 10(1)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) may be optionally applied in the case of speciality rice. |
Grade declaration
| (c) | The appropriate grade declaration may be marked anywhere on the container. |
Name and address
| (d) | The name or trade mark and address of the manufacturer, packer, importer, seller or person or entity on whose behalf the product has been packed. |
Be preceded by the expression "Packed by/for" or any similar wording, and in the case of rice imported into the Republic in the containers in which they are to be sold in the retail trade, be preceded by the expression "Imported by".
Country of origin
| (e) | The country of origin which shall be declared as follows: |
| (i) | "Product of (name of country)" if all the main ingredients, processing and labour used to make the product is from one specific country; |
| (ii) | "Produced in (name of country)", "Processed in (name of country)", "Manufactured in (name of country)", "Made in (name of country)", or wording having a similar meaning, when the product is processed in a second country which changes its nature; or |
| (iii) | In the case where single ingredient agricultural commodities are imported in bulk and where owing to climatic, seasonal or other contingencies more than one country may be the source of the single ingredient agricultural commodity, the wording ‘Product of (name(s) of country(ies))’ separated by the expression ‘and/or’, shall be declared on the label of the final pre-packed foodstuff: Provided that the final end product remains a single ingredient agricultural commodity: Provided further that the words "Packed in (name of country)" may be used |
Net weight
| (f) | The net weight of the rice packed therein. |
Lot identification for bulk quantities
| (g) | Lot identification is applicable to Marking of containers in which rice is packed in bulk quantities. |