• Perishable Products Export Control Act, 1983 (Act No. 9 of 1983)
  • Notice No. 444 of 1983
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. Continued existence of Perishable Products Export Control Board
  • 3. Object of board
  • 4. Constitution of board
  • 5. Qualifications of members of board and circumstances in which they vacate office
  • 6. Chairman and vice-chairman of board
  • 7. Tenure of office of members of board
  • 8. Vacancies on board
  • 9. Remuneration and allowances of members of board
  • 10. Functions of board
  • 11. Powers of board
  • 12. Meetings of board
  • 13. General manager
  • 14. Inaccurate estimate of shipping space requirements
  • 15. Appeal against act or decision of board
  • 16. Reports by board
  • 17. Imposition of levy
  • 18. Accounts and auditing
  • 19. Recovery of losses and damages
  • 20. Insurance against patrimonial damage or loss or claims
  • 21. Freedom from liability
  • 22. Exclusion of certain countries or territories
  • 23. Functions in respect of export of perishable products of foreign origin
  • 24. Offences and penalties
  • 25. Regulations
  • 26. Repeal of laws
  • 27. Short title and commencement
• Regulations
  • [Repealed] Regulations relating to the Export of Perishable Products, 1983
    • Notice No. R. 917 of 1984
    • Chapter I
      • The Board and Committees
      • Exporters
      • Foreign Perishable Products
      • Cold Stores
      • Levies
      • Appeal
    • Chapter II : Loading and Carrying Instructions
      • Part I 
      • Part II : During Period of Loading
      • Part III 
      • Part IV
      • Part V : Container Ships with Centralised Refrigeration System
        • Section I : Inspection of Reefer and Fruit Containers
        • Section II : Inspection of Integral Containers
        • Section III : Loading of Containers
        • Section IV : After Completion of Loading and During Transit
        • Section V : Taint Control, CO2 and Ventilation
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix I : Clip-On Units
      • Appendix II : Temperature Tolerance Time for Perishables in Containers
  • Regulations relating to the Export of Perishable Products, 2025 - effective July 2025
    • Board Notice 709 of 2024
    • Chapter 1: Interpretation
      • 1. Definitions
    • Chapter 2: Exchange of Information and Issue of Documents
      • 2. Use of electronic forms of communication
      • 3. Performance by non-electronic means
      • 4. Change of address
    • Chapter 3: Role Players
      • 5. Registration of Exporters
      • 6. Obligations of Exporters and the Board for the export of perishable products
      • 7. Appointment of Agents by Exporters
      • 8. Registration of Cold Chain Service Providers
      • 9. Appointment of Agents by Cold Chain Service Providers
      • 10. Application for trade facility by Exporters and Cold Chain Service Providers and Agents appointed by them
      • 11. Exporters and Cold Chain Service Providers to furnish updated particulars and information
    • Chapter 4: Export Information and Data Requirements
      • 12. Export information to be furnished at the time of booking with the Board
      • 13. Export information to be furnished at the time of stuffing
      • 14. Operational data requirements at the stuffing stage
      • 15. Loading data for all trans-shipments (local and export)
      • 16. Loading data for refrigerated container shipments
      • 17. Loading data for specialised refrigerated vessels
      • 18. Loading data for RRMT
      • 19. Loading data for airfreight
      • 20. Data required at the transportation stage
    • Chapter 5: Port (Operations and Data Interchange)
      • Part A: Refrigerated Containers
        • 21. Role of the Port Terminal Operator
      • Part B: Unrefrigerated Containers
        • 22. Role of the Port Terminal Operator
      • Part C: Adequate operational infrastructure
        • 23. Requirements of the Port Terminal Operator
      • Part D: Electronic Communication of Information
        • 24. Information to be furnished by the Port Terminal Operator
    • Chapter 6: Shipping Line
      • Part A: Equipment
        • 25. Equipment to be supplied by the Shipping Line
      • Part B: Shipping Manifest
        • 26. Shipping Line Requirements
      • Part C: Downloads of temperature recordings
        • 27. Shipping Line Requirements
    • Chapter 7: Certification of Equipment, Handling and Storage Facilities and Modes of Transport
      • Part A: General
        • 28. Certification by the Board
        • 29. Good management practices
      • Part B: Cold Storage Facilities
        • 30. Certification of cold storage facilities
        • 31. Requirements for cold storage facilities
      • Part C: Facilities for the Cleaning, Preparation and Storage of Empty Containers
        • 32. Requirements for facilities utilised for the cleaning, preparation and/or storage of empty containers
      • Part D: Refrigerated Road Motor Transport (RRMT)
        • 33. Requirements for refrigerated road motor transport
      • Part E: Non-Refrigerated Road Motor Transport and Aircraft
        • 34. Requirements for non-refrigerated road motor transport and aircraft
      • Part F: Specialised Refrigerated Vessels
        • 35. Requirements for specialised refrigerated vessels
      • Part G: Containers
        • 36. Requirements for containers
        • 37. Pre-trip inspection of refrigerated containers
      • Part H: Rail Carriages
        • 38. Requirements for rail carriages
    • Chapter 8: Post-Harvest Treatment, Loading and Carrying Instructions
      • Part A: Post-Harvest Treatment and Handling of Specific Perishable Products
        • 39. Avocados
        • 40. Chocolate shipped in refrigerated containers
        • 41. Citrus fruit shipped under refrigerated conditions
        • 42. Citrus fruit shipped at ambient temperatures to all destinations
        • 43. Citrus fruit shipped at ambient and pre-cooled temperatures to the European Union
        • 44. Maximum TTT's for all citrus fruit
        • 45. Citrus fruit loaded in containers at multiple loading points
        • 46. Concentrates and juices
        • 47. Deep frozen products
        • 48. Fresh vegetables
        • 49. Litchis, Mangoes, Pome Fruit, Stone Fruit and Plums
        • 50. Sub-tropical leaf ferns, plants and palms
        • 51. Table Grapes
        • 52. Compromise product mixes for voyages of less than ten days
      • Part B: Carrying Temperature Regimes for all Perishable Products
        • 53. Specification of carrying temperatures
        • 54. Maintenance of carrying temperatures
        • 55. Reporting on temperature management
      • Part C: Equipment and Devices for In-transit Temperature Monitoring and the Exporter and/or Cold Chain Service Provider Responsibility
        • 56. Requirements for equipment and devices for in-transit temperature monitoring and the Exporter and/or Cold Chain Service Provider Responsibility
      • Part D: Temperature reporting and temperature deviations
        • 57. Reporting by Cold Chain Service Providers (including Shipping Lines)
        • 58. Reporting by Exporters
        • 59. Role of the Board
      • Part E: Cold Chain Validation
        • 60. The Board may adopt and implement Cold Chain validation
    • Chapter 9: Loading
      • Part A: Requirements for loading of all Perishable Products
        • 61. Obligations of the Exporter and Cold Chain Service Provider
        • 62. Obligations of the Board
      • Part B: Packing and Strapping
        • 63. Packing and strapping to be compliant
        • 64. Requirements for packing and strapping
    • Chapter 10: Stowage and Transit
      • Part A: Specialised Refrigerated Vessels
        • 65. Protection against dust, foreign substances, sun, wind and rain during shipping process
        • 66. Stowage of refrigerated perishable product in trunk decks
        • 67. Walking boards and other protective material
        • 68. Deodorisation in vessels' refrigerated spaces
        • 69. Stowage of odoriferous material
        • 70. Stowage requirements during and after partly loaded spaces
        • 71. Time permitted for bringing the holds of loaded vessels to carrying temperature
        • 72. Operation of fans
        • 73. Operation of air change vents
        • 74. Loading of sea freight containers
        • 75. Acceptance temperatures
        • 76. Protection of perishable product during loading
        • 77. Intervals and operational delays
        • 78. Documentation and sealing
        • 79. Multiple perishable container loading points not recommended, but permitted in certain circumstances
        • 80. General procedures for loading of specialised refrigerated vessels
        • 81. Fresh air intake ventilation requirements on specialised refrigerated vessels
        • 82. Ventilated and open-door container shipments
        • 83. Shipments stowed under deck in ventilated perishable product spaces
        • 84. Stowage under ventilated conditions: ventainers and fantainers
      • Part B: Loading and offloading of Refrigerated Road Motor Transport (RRMT)
        • 85. Requirements for the loading and offloading of refrigerated road motor transport
    • Chapter 11: Handling of Non-Conforming Perishable Product
      • 86. Rejections
    • Chapter 12: Foreign Perishable Products
      • 87. Foreign perishable products
    • Chapter 13: Post Voyage Evaluation
      • 88. The Board's role in post voyage evaluation
    • Chapter 14: Maintenance of Statistics and Disclosure of Information
      • 89. Information and statistics
    • Chapter 15: Retention of Information
      • 90. Retention period
    • Chapter 16: Levies
      • 91. Levies
    • Chapter 17: Appeals
      • 92. Appeal procedures
    • Chapter 18: Penalties
      • 93. Penalties
    • Chapter 19: Repeal
      • 94. Repeal of existing regulations
    • Commencement
    • Carrying Temperature Regimes of Perishable Products for Export Schedule
• Notices
  • Imposition of Levies on Perishable Products, 2018
    • Notice 179 of 2018
    • Sea Levies
    • Container Inspection Levies
    • Other Levies
    • Agricultural Product Standards
    • Inspection Levies (Agricultural Product Standards)
    • Hour and Kilometre Rates
    • Laboratory Fees
    • Non Accredited Methods
    • General
  • Imposition of Levies on Perishable Products, 2019
    • Notice 205 of 2019
    • Sea Levies
    • Container Inspection Levies
    • Other Levies
    • Agricultural Product Standards
    • Inspection Levies (Agricultural Product Standards)
    • Hour and Kilometre Rates
    • Laboratory Fees
    • Non Accredited Methods
    • General
  • Imposition of Levies on Perishable Products, 2020
    • Notice No. 206 of 2020
    • Sea Levies
    • Container Inspection Levies
    • Other Levies
    • Agricultural Product Standards
    • Inspection Levies (Agricultural Product Standards)
    • Hour and Kilometre Rates
    • Orchard Inspection (Rates determined by DALRRD)
    • Laboratory Fees
    • Non-Accredited Methods
    • General
  • Imposition of Levies on Perishable Products, 2021
    • Notice No. 121 of 2021
    • Sea Levies
    • Container Inspection Levies
    • Other Levies
    • Agricultural Product Standards
    • Inspection Levies (Agricultural Product Standards)
    • Hour and Kilometre Rates
    • Laboratory Fees (ISO 17025 Accredited Methods)
    • Non-Accredited Methods
    • General
  • Imposition of Levies on Perishable Products, 2023
    • Board Notice 428 of 2023
    • Sea Levies
    • Container Inspection Levies
    • Other Levies
    • Agricultural Product Standards
    • Inspection Levies (Agricultural Product Standards)
    • Hour and Kilometre Rates
    • Laboratory Fees (ISO 17025 Accredited Methods)
    • Laboratory Fees (Non-Accredited Methods)
    • Enquiries
  • Statutory Fees (Levies) on Perishable Products - 1 April 2024
    • Board Notice 576 of 2024
    • Sea Levies
    • Container Inspection Levies
    • Other Levies
    • Agricultural Product Standards
    • Inspection Levies (Agricultural Product Standards)
    • Hour and Kilometre Rates
    • Laboratory Fees (ISO 17025 Accredited Methods)
    • Laboratory Fees (Non-Accredited Methods)
    • Enquiries