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SPS - Sanitary or phytosanitary measure - Any measure applied:

To protect animal or plant life or health within the territory of the Member from risks arising from the entry, establishment or spread of pests, diseases, disease-carrying organisms or disease-causing organisms, risks arising from additives, contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in foods, beverages or feedstuffs, risks arising from diseases carried by animals, plants or products thereof, or from the entry, establishment or spread of pests and to prevent or limit other damage within the territory of the Member from the entry, establishment or spread of pests.


S.No. Date Notifying Member Region Country Product Covered Brief Notification Final Date of Comment
1 10 Mar 2025 South Africa All Trading Partner General application for goods (plants and plant products) and people as well as vessels, aircraft and any other conveyance entering the Republic of South Africa Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.; Plant health; Pests; Pests; Plant health G/SPS/N/ZAF/33/Add.1 N/A
2 28 Nov 2024 South Africa All Trading Partner Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code(s): 04); Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code(s): 07); Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code(s): 08); Cereals (HS code(s): 10); Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code(s): 11); Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code(s): 12); Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code(s): 22) Human health; Food safety; Mycotoxins; Toxins G/SPS/N/ZAF/88 N/A
3 27 Nov 2024 South Africa All Trading Partner Meat and edible meat offal (HS code(s): 02); Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code(s): 04); Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code(s): 05); Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code(s): 07); Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code(s): 08); Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS code(s): 09); Cereals (HS code(s): 10); Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code(s): 12); Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included (HS code(s): 14); Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code(s): 15); Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code(s): 16); Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code(s): 17); Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code(s): 18); Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products (HS code(s): 19); Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code(s): 20); Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code(s): 21); Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code(s): 22) Human health; Food safety G/SPS/N/ZAF/87 N/A
4 05 Mar 2024 South Africa All trading Partner Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code(s): 07); Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code(s): 08); Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code(s): 09); Cereals (HS code(s): 10); Cotton (HS code(s): 52) Human health; Food safety G/SPS/N/ZAF/82 N/A
5 19 Apr 2023 South Africa G/SPS/N/ZAF/80 -       Meat and edible meat offal (HS Code(s): 02);-       Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Code(s): 03);-       Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS Code(s): 04);-       Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS Code(s): 05);-       Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS Code(s): 09);-       Cereals (HS Code(s): 10);-       Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS Code(s): 15);-       Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS Code(s): 16);-       Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS Code(s): 17);-       Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS Code(s): 18);-       Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products (HS Code(s): 19);-       Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS Code(s): 20);-       Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS Code(s): 21);-       Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS Code(s): 22);-       Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS Code(s): 25). Human health; Food safety; Labelling All Trading Partner N/A
6 31 Mar 2023 South Africa All Trading Partner Live trees and other plants; Bulbs, roots and the like; Cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code(s): 06); Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; Miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; Industrial or medicinal plants; Straw and fodder (HS code(s): 12); Vegetable plaiting materials; Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included (HS code(s): 14) Plant health; Territory protection G/SPS/N/ZAF/79 N/A
7 23 Feb 2022 South Africa All Trading Partners All plants and plant products requiring a phytosanitary certificate Plant health G/SPS/N/ZAF/77 N/A
8 30 Sep 2021 South Africa All Trading Partners Fresh mango fruit (Mangifera indica) Final Phytosanitary workplan for the importation of fresh mango (Mangifera indica) fruit from India to South Africa G/SPS/N/ZAF/76 N/A
9 07 Jul 2021 South Africa All Trading Partners Agricultural remedies commonly known as pesticides Animal diseases, Animal health, Food safety, Human health, Labelling, Pesticides G/SPS/N/ZAF/75 N/A
10 18 May 2021 South Africa All Trading Partners Plants and plant products Modification of content/scope of regulation, Plant health, COVID-19 SPS G/SPS/N/ZAF/69/Add.2 N/A
11 07 Apr 2021 South Africa All Trading Partners Plants and plant products Plant health G/SPS/N/ZAF/73 N/A
12 07 Apr 2021 South Africa All Trading Partners Frozen lobster, frozen lobster products and products derived therefrom, i.e. HS Codes: 03 and 16 Food safety, Human health G/SPS/N/ZAF/74 N/A
13 09 Mar 2021 South Africa All Trading Partners Plants and plant products Modification of content/scope of regulation, Plant health G/SPS/N/ZAF/69/Add.1 N/A
14 17 Mar 2020 South Africa All Trading Partners Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Code:... Food safety, Human health, Maximum residue limits (MRLs), Pesticides, Adoption... G/SPS/N/ZAF/51/Add.1 N/A
15 12 Nov 2019 South Africa All Trading Partners Table grapes Plant health G/SPS/N/ZAF/65 N/A
16 27 Aug 2019 South Africa All trading partners The high risk classes of processed meats products are... Food safety, Human health, Adoption/Entry into force of new regulation G/SPS/N/ZAF/62/Add.1 N/A
17 27 Mar 2019 South Africa All Trading Partners Stock remedies-medicine for use in animals, domestic safety... Food safety, Human health, Labelling G/SPS/N/ZAF/64 N/A
18 18 Mar 2019 South Africa All Trading Partners Canned hermitically sealed meat products (either... Food safety, Human health G/SPS/N/ZAF/63 N/A
19 05 Jul 2018 South Africa All Trading Company HS Code: 16; HS Code: 17; HS Code: 18; HS Code: 1901; HS... Adoption/Entry into force of new regulation G/SPS/N/ZAF/46/Add.1 N/A
20 27 Jun 2018 South Africa All Trading Company Ready-To-Eat (RTE) heat treated meat products Food safety, Human health G/SPS/N/ZAF/60 N/A
21 27 Jun 2018 South Africa All Trading Company Preparations of Meat, of Fish or of Crustaceans, Molluscs... Contaminants, Food safety, Heavy metals, Human health G/SPS/N/ZAF/59 N/A
22 06 Nov 2017 South Africa All Trading Partners Bread Food additives, Food safety, Human health G/SPS/N/ZAF/57 N/A
23 12 Jun 2017 South Africa All trading partners Live poultry, pigeons. Avian Influenza G/SPS/N/ZAF/52 N/A
24 18 Apr 2017 South Africa All trading partners Edible vegetables. Food safety, Human health, Maximum residue limits (MRLs), Pesticides G/SPS/N/ZAF/51 N/A
25 27 Mar 2017 South Africa All trading partners Day old chicks, poultry meat - HS Code(s): 0105, 0207. Animal diseases, Animal health, Avian Influenza, Food safety, Pest or Disease G/SPS/N/ZAF/49 N/A
26 04 Apr 2016 South Africa All trading partners Maize meal and wheat flour. Food safety Human health Labelling G/SPS/N/ZAF/45 N/A
27 21 Mar 2016 South Africa All trading partners Live lobsters for human consumption (HS Code: 03, ICS Code: 65). Bacteria Food safety Human health G/SPS/N/ZAF/44 N/A
28 23 Feb 2016 South Africa All trading partners Casings of porcine origin (HS Code(s): 0210). Animal diseases Animal health Classical Swine Fever Foot and mouth disease G/SPS/N/ZAF/43 N/A
29 09 Nov 2015 South Africa All trading partners Cattle, sheep and goats - HS Code(s): 01; ICS Code(s): 65 Animal diseases Animal health G/SPS/N/ZAF/40 N/A
30 26 May 2015 South Africa All trading partners Food premises, the transport of food and related matters Food safety Human health G/SPS/N/ZAF/38 N/A
31 10 Jul 2014 South Africa All trading partners Canned citrus fruits (ICS Code: 67.080) Food safety Human health Regular notification N/A
32 25 Feb 2013 South Africa Trade partners of South Africa which are not free from Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) HS Code(s): 02031, 020311, 020312, 020319, 02032, 020321, 020322, 020329. 02031910, 02031990, 02032910, 02032990 Change in date of adoption/publication/entry into force G/SPS/N/ZAF/31/Add.2 N/A
33 07 Aug 2012 South Africa - Irradiated foodstuffs The Guidelines for Monitoring Irradiated Foodstuffs in South Africa provides background information on food irradiation, and also explains the roles of the different sectors of government in South Africa in regards to food irradiation. The purpose of the G/SPS/N/ZAF/32 N/A
34 24 Jul 2012 South Africa -- -- Animal Diseases Human Health Modification Of Final Date For Comments G/SPS/N/ZAF/31/Add.1 N/A
35 31 May 2012 South Africa Trade partners of South Africa which are not free from Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Hs Code(S): 02031, 020311, 020312, 020319, 02032, 020321, 020322, 020329. 02031910, 02031990, 02032910, 02032990 Animal Diseases Animal Health G/SPS/N/ZAF/31 N/A
Source: wto.org
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