G/TBT/N/ZAF/221  
 
11 October 2017  
(17-5448) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member: SOUTH AFRICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article  3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Department of Trade and Industry  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall  be indicated if different from above:   
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications  
Private Bag X25  
Brooklyn  
0075 
maphuti.kutu@nrcs.org.za  
012 482 8930  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Molluscs, 
whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; aquatic 
invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted 
or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit for 
human consumption. (HS 0307).  
Fish and fish ery products (ICS 67.120.30), Food microbiology (ICS 07.100.30).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Compulsory 
specification for aquacultured live and chilled raw bivalves molluscs. (11 page(s), in 
English)    
6. Description of content: This compulsory specification requires that aquacultured live and 
chilled raw bivalves molluscs , for human consumption, which are to be offered for sale,  
comply with this compulsory specification and the requirements of the South Af rican 
National Standard (SANS) 2879 that applies to the harvesting, handling, preparation, 
processing, packing, transportation, storage, chilling, quality of the products covered by 
this specification, the hygiene requirements for the product, as well as c hemical 
contaminants, microbiological contaminants, and marine biotoxins requirements of the 
product and the packing facility employees requirements, shall comply with the 
requirements of the latest edition of SANS 2879.  
7. Objective and rationale, inclu ding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/ZAF/221  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
 SANS (South African National Standard)  2879 live and chilled raw bivalves   
 Codex  STAN on live and raw chilled bivalves (no. 297 -2015)  
 Codex Code of Practice for fish and fishery products  
 SOUTH AFRICAN LIVE MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH MONITORING AND CONTROL 
PROGRAMME (available in English)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  After all comments are taken into consideration  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months after date of final publication  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)  
Private Bag X25  
Brooklyn  
0075 
maphuti.kutu@nrcs.org.za  
012 4828930  
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