National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act, 2008 (Act No. 5 of 2008)NoticesCompulsory Specification for Canned Fish, Canned Marine Molluscs and Canned Crustaceans and Products derived therefrom (VC8014)AnnexuresAnnex A (Normative)A.1 Application for Approval of the Facility and Product in the Republic of South Africa |
The applicant shall apply in writing to the NRCS for approval of the facility. Approval of a facility shall be valid for a maximum period of one (1) year. The applicant shall reapply for approval annually. The application shall be accompanied by the following:
| A.1.1 | Details of the facility for which approval is sought; |
| A.1.2 | Documentation and records in support of an effective product safety management system. For new facilities, provisional approval may be given for a period of three months in order to generate the required documentation and records; |
| A.1.3 | Information required by the NRCS for the measures taken by the applicant to ensure ongoing conformity with the requirements of this Compulsory Specification; and |
| A.1.4 | The NRCS shall issue an official facility number/code on approval of the facility. |