DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

No. R.2580

20 November 1987
MARKETING ACT, 1968 (ACT 59 OF 1968)

PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS AND IMITATION DAIRY PRODUCTS

I, Jacob Johannes Greyling Wentzel, Minister of Agriculture, acting under section 84 of the Marketing
Act, 1968 (Act 59 of 1968), hereby -(a)

(b)

declare that, subject to the provisions of paragraph (b), the sale by any person in the
Republic of a dairy product or an imitation dairy product as respectively defined in the
said Act shall be prohibited -(i)

unless the product in question is sold according to such classes as may be

prescribed by regulation under section 89 of the said Act in respect thereof and
specified in the Schedule hereto;

(ii)

unless the product in question complies with the standards so prescribed for the
composition thereof, and contains the ingredients and other substances so
prescribed as ingredients and other substances which it shall contain;

(iii)

unless the product in question is packed in a container and in a manner so

prescribed;

(iv)

unless a container in which such product is packed, is marked with particulars

and in a manner so prescribed;

(v)

if the product in question contains a substance so prescribed as a substance

which it may not contain;

(vi)

if the product in question is packed in a container or in a manner so prescribed

as a container in which or a manner in which it may not be packed; and

(vii)

if the product in question or the container in which it is packed, is marked with

particulars or in a manner so prescribed as particulars with which or a manner in
which it may not be marked;

determine that the prohibition set out in paragraph (a) shall not apply to the sale of a
dairy product or an imitation diary product that -(i)

is intended for processing or for use in the manufacture of another product; or

(ii)

is an infant formula as defined in the regulations made under the Foodstuffs,

Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act 54 of 1972);

(c)

empower the Executive Officer to grant written exemption to any person, on such
conditions as the said Executive officer may determine, from the operation of the
prohibition set out in paragraph (a); and

(d)

repeal Proclamation R. 184 of 1954, R. 23 of 1976, R. 24 of 1975 and R. 193 of 1977.

J.J.G. WENTZEL,
Minister of Agriculture.

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SCHEDULE
CLASSES OF DAIRY PRODUCTS AND IMITATION DAIRY PRODUCTS
Type of product
A. DAIRY PRODUCTS

Class designation

Milk .

High-fat milk.
Full-fat milk.
Low-fat milk.
Fat-free milk.

Reconstituted milk

Reconstituted high-fat milk.

Reconstituted full-fat milk.
Reconstituted low-fat milk.
Reconstituted fat-free milk

Cream .

Whipping cream.
Whipped cream.
Dessert cream.
Coffee cream.
Cultured cream.

Buttermilk

Buttermilk.
Cultured buttermilk

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Cultured milk

Cultured high-fat milk.

Cultured full-fat milk.
Cultured low-fat milk.
Cultured fat-free milk.

Yoghurt

High-fat yoghurt.
Full-fat yoghurt.
Low-fat yoghurt.
Fat-free yoghurt.

Cream cheese

Cream cheese.

Cottage cheese ..

Full-fat cottage cheese.

Medium-fat cottage cheese.
Low-fat cottage cheese.
Fat-free cottage cheese.

Unsweetened condensed milk

Unsweetened condensed full-fat milk.

Unsweetened condensed low-fat milk.
Unsweetened condensed fat-free milk.

10

Milk powder .

High-fat milk powder.

Full-fat milk powder.
Medium-fat milk powder.
Low-fat milk powder.
Fat-free milk powder.

11

Buttermilk powder .

Buttermilk powder.

12

Whey powder .

High protein whey powder.

Whey powder.

13

Butter oil ..

Butter oil.

14

Cheese powder ..

Cheese powder

15

Dairy powder blend

High-fat dairy powder blend.

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Full-fat dairy powder blend.
Medium-fat dairy powder blend.
Low-fat dairy powder blend.
Fat-free dairy powder blend.
16

Dairy liquid blend

High-fat dairy liquid blend.

Full-fat dairy liquid blend.
Low-fat dairy liquid blend.
Fat-free dairy liquid blend.

17 Hard Cheese

High-fat hard cheese.

Full-fat hard cheese.
Medium-fat hard cheese.
Low-fat hard cheese.
Fat-free hard cheese

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Semi-hard cheese ..

High-fat semi-hard cheese.

Full-fat blue or white mould semi-hard cheese.
Full-fat semi-hard cheese.
Medium-fat white mould semi-hard cheese.
Medium-fat semi-hard cheese.
Low-fat semi-hard cheese.
Fat-free semi-hard cheese.

19

Semi-soft cheese

High-fat semi-soft cheese.

Full-fat semi-soft cheese.
Medium-fat semi-soft cheese.
Low-fat semi-soft cheese.
Fat-free semi-soft cheese.

20

Soft cheese .

High-fat soft cheese.

Full-fat soft cheese.
Medium-fat soft cheese.
Low-fat soft cheese.
Fat-free soft cheese.

21

Process cheese ..

High-fat process cheese.

Full-fat process cheese.
Medium-fat process cheese.
Low-fat process cheese.
Fat-free process cheese.

22

Cheese spread

High-fat cheese spread.

Full-fat cheese spread.
Medium-fat cheese spread.
Low-fat cheese spread.
Fat-free cheese spread.

23 Butter
.

Salted factory butter.

Unsalted factory butter.
Farm butter.
Medium-fat butter.
Low-fat butter.

24 Fruit yoghurt
.

Full-fat fruit yoghurt.

Low-fat fruit yoghurt.
Fat-free fruit yoghurt.

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Yoghurt with added foodstuffs other than

fruit

Full-fat yoghurt with (name of added foodstuff).

Low-fat yoghurt with (name of added foodstuff).
Fat-free yoghurt with (name of added foodstuff).

26

Sweetened condensed milk ..

Sweetened condensed full-fat milk.

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Sweetened condensed low-fat milk.
Sweetened condensed fat-free milk.
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Dairy dessert

28

Dairy dessert

Process cheese with added foodstuffs

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Cheese spread with added foodstuffs .

High-fat cheese spread with (name of added

foodstuff).
Full-fat cheese spread with (name of added
foodstuff).
Medium-fat cheese spread with (name of added
foodstuff).
Low-fat cheese spread with (name of added
foodstuff).
Fat-free cheese spread with (name of added
foodstuff).

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Modified butter
.

High-fat modified butter.

Medium-fat modified butter.
Low-fat modified butter.

High-fat process cheese with (name of added

foodstuff).
Full-fat process cheese with (name of added
foodstuff).
Medium-fat process cheese with (name of added
foodstuff).
Low-fat process cheese with (name of added
foodstuff).
Fat-free process cheese with (name of added
foodstuff).

B. IMITATION DAIRY PRODUCTS

1

Creamer

Coffee creamer.
Tea creamer.

Imitation cream ..

Blend.

Imitation cream

Sweetened condensed milk with vegetable

oil

Soya imitation milk

..

Dessert topping.

4
5

Sweetened condensed milk with vegetable oil.

Soya imitation milk.