Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)Regulations2026 RegulationsRegulations relating to the Management Control System in respect of the Sale and Export of certain Agricultural Products - effective September 20263. Prohibition on the use of a management control system |
| (1) | No person shall use a management control system in connection with the sale and export of agricultural products— |
| (a) | unless such a management control system is applied with the Executive Officer in terms of regulation 4; |
| (b) | unless the application received is processed and information therein is verified in terms of regulation 6; |
| (c) | unless such a management control system is registered with the Executive Officer in terms of regulation 10; |
| (d) | unless a management control system is labelled in terms of regulation 14; |
| (e) | unless a registered management control system is audited in terms of regulation 16; and |
| (f) | unless a claim of a method of production in respect of imported agricultural products is accompanied by relevant attestations. |
| (2) | The Executive Officer may, taking the following into account, grant written exemption, entirely or partially, to any person(s) or entity on such conditions as he or she deems necessary, from the provisions of sub-regulation (1): |
| (a) | the seriousness of implications of the exemption applied for; |
| (b) | possible unfairness towards consumers relating to the price and quality of the product; and |
| (c) | any other factor the Executive Officer may deem necessary to take into account. |