Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)RegulationsRegulations relating to the Grading, Packing, and Marking of Table Olives intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa15. Restricted particulars on containers and outer containers |
| (1) |
| (a) | Only the applicable grade shall be marked on a container or outer container. |
| (b) | No word or expression which so nearly resembles the grade, type and/or trade preparation of table olive that it could be misleading with regard to the quality of that product shall be marked on the container or outer container. |
| (2) | No word, mark, illustration, depiction or any other method of expression that constitutes a misrepresentation or directly or by implication creates or may create a misleading impression regarding the quality, nature, class, origin or composition of table olives shall be marked on a container or outer container. |
| (3) | No registered trade mark or brand name which may possibly, directly or by implication, be misleading or create a false impression of the contents of a container or outer container containing table olives shall appear on such a container or outer container. |
| (4) | No claim regarding the absence of any substance that does not normally occur in table olives shall be marked on the container or outer container thereof except in cases where it is allowed for in the regulations published under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972). |
| (5) |
| (a) | The words "fresh", "freshly","nature’s", "pure", "traditional", ‘’original", "authentic", "real", "genuine", "home made", "selected", "premium", "finest", "quality" or "best", or any other words, statements, phrases, logos or expressions having a similar meaning, whether directly or by implication, shall not appear on a container or outer container of a table olive product unless the criteria on the use of such terms, as set out in the regulations published under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfects Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972), have been complied with. |
| (b) | Registered trade marks or brand names bearing the words, statements, phrases, logos or expressions referred to in paragraph (a) and which have been in use on containers or outer containers containing table olives prior to the publication of these regulations, shall not be subject to these restrictions. |
| (6) | No claim which compares the total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sugar, sodium or salt, or energy value of two or more similar table olive products by using words such as "reduced", "less than", "fewer", "light" and "lite", or words having a similar meaning, shall be made on the container or outer container thereof, unless the following conditions are complied with: |
| (a) | The table olive product shall be compared with a different version of the same or similar product. |
| (b) | The table olive product being compared shall be clearly marked on the container with the following information: |
| (i) | A statement of the amount of difference in the energy value or relevant nutrient content, expressed as a percentage. |
| (ii) | The identity of the table olive product to which it is being compared in close proximity to or as part of the comparative claim. |
| (c) | The comparison shall be based on a relative difference of at least 25% in the energy value or nutrient content of an equivalent mass or volume. |
| (d) | The table olive product shall be marked with the prescribed nutritional information declaration required in terms of the regulations published under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfects Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972). |
| (7) | The provisions of this regulation shall mutatis mutandis apply to— |
| (a) | particulars that are marked on a notice board displayed at or in the immediate vicinity of table olives that are kept or displayed for sale; and |
| (b) | all advertisements for table olives. |