The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS), an entity of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has published new regulations for processed meats, known as VC 9100. They came into force on 8 October 2019 and will be enforced by the NRCS.
New meat labelling regulations recently published (October 25, 2013) in the Government Gazette on the labelling of imported meat products in particular, arose from the research by meat experts at Stellenbosch University (SU) who brought the illegal practices of suppliers of processed meat to light...
By 2019, the amount of salt in your bread will have been decreased by 30%, the salt in a vienna sausage will be down by 13%, and by 12% in a packet of potato crisps - SA's new salt regulations were signed into...
Codex, the UN food standards body has agreed on new regulations - including the maximum level of melamine in liquid milk formula for babies - to protect the health of consumers across the world. Other measures adopted include new food safety standards on seafood,...
From Wednesday August 17 2011, South Africa is a reduced trans-fatty acid zone, with much lower levels of the evil trans-fats that contribute to the risk of heart attacks and other ills, and no false claims about them....