Port Health Services monitors and evaluates all foodstuffs, cosmetics, disinfectants, hazardous substances and medicines entering the Western Cape through the ports, and controls and monitors the possible entering of all serious contagious diseases into the Western Cape and the rest of South Africa.
The provincial Environmental Health Services audits (monitors and evaluates), coordinates and supports environmental health services in the province.
Information for port health officers and airline crew on the signs and symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and what needs to be done when a passenger presents with symptoms.
By laws dealing with the management of medical waste, prevention and suppression of health nuisances, keeping of animals including poultry, the handling of meat for human consumption and trades.
The regulations deal with setting standards and general principles for a variety of issues relating to sanitation, water supply and water conservation.
The Act provides for the control of substances which may cause injury or ill-health or death due to their nature and for the control of certain electronic products. It also divides these dangerous substances and products into groups in relation to the degree of danger and provides for the prohibition and control of the importation, manufacture, sale, use, operation, application, modification, disposal or dumping of these substances and products.
Laws to control the sale, manufacture and importation of foodstuffs, cosmetics and disinfectants.
Regulations aimed at ensuring that food is hygienically transported and that the premises where food is handled is hygienic.
Guidelines advocating that health authorities undertake regular monitoring and surveillance of the food handling process as crucial elements in the prevention of food-borne diseases.
Guidelines for Environmental Health Officers on how to prevent and control food-borne diseases.