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 Africa9. Styles of table olives |
| (1) | Table olives shall be presented as one of the following styles: |
| (a) | Whole olives: |
| (i) | Whole olives: Olives, with or without their stem, which have their natural shape and from which the stone (pit) has not been removed. |
| (ii) | Cracked olives: Whole olives subjected to a process whereby the flesh is opened without breaking the stone (pit) which remains whole and intact inside the fruit. |
| (iii) | Split olives: Whole olives that are split lengthwise by cutting into the skin and part of the flesh. |
| (b) | Stoned (pitted) olives: |
| (i) | Stoned (pitted) olives: Olives from which the stone (pit) has been removed and which basically retain their natural shape. |
| (ii) | Halved olives: Stoned (pitted) or stuffed olives sliced into two approximately equal parts, perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the fruit. |
| (iii) | Quartered olives: Stoned (pitted) olives split into four approximately equal parts along and perpendicularly to the major axis of the fruit. |
| (iv) | Divided olives: Stoned (pitted) olives cut lengthwise into more than four approximately equal parts. |
| (v) | Sliced olives: Stoned (pitted) or stuffed olives sliced into segments of fairly uniform thickness. |
| (vi) | Chopped or minced olives: Small pieces of stoned (pitted) olives of no definite shape and practically devoid (no more than 5 per 100 of such units by weight) of identifiable stem-insertion units as well as of slice fragments. |
| (vii) | Broken olives: Olives broken while being stoned (pitted) or stuffed. They may contain pieces of the stuffing material. |
| (c) | Stuffed olives: Stoned (pitted) olives stuffed either with one or more suitable products (pimiento, onion, almond, celery, anchovy, olive, orange or lemon peel, hazelnut, capers, etc.) or with edible pastes. |
| (d) | Salad olives: Whole broken or broken-and-stoned (pitted) olives with or without capers, plus stuffing material, where the olives are the most numerous compared with the entire product marketed in this style. |
| (e) | Olives with capers or medley: Whole or stoned (pitted) olives, usually small in size, with capers and with or without stuffing, packed with other edible pickled products such as pieces of onion, carrot, celery, pepper and other suitable ingredients, as set out in regulation 4(3) where the olives are the most numerous compared with the entire product marketed in this style. |
| (2) | Any other presentation of the product shall be permitted provided that the product — |
| (a) | is sufficiently distinctive from other forms of presentation laid down in this regulation; |
| (b) | meets all relevant requirements of this regulation, including requirements relating to limitations on defects, drained mass, and any other requirements which are applicable to that style which most closely resembles the style or styles intended to be provided for under this provision; and |
| (c) | is adequately described on the label to avoid confusing or misleading the consumer. |