Regulations amending the Regulations relating to the quality, grading, packing and marking of sorghum intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa (No. R. 208 of 2007)

6 No. 29690 No. R. 208 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16 MARCH 2007 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT STANDARDS ACT, 1990 (ACT No. 119 OF 1990) 16 March 2007 REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE GRADING, PACKING AND MARKING OF SORGHUM INTENDED FOR SALE IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: AMENDED The Minister of Agriculture, under section 15 of the Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990), amended the regulations published by Government Notice No. R. 573 of 7 May 1999, to the extent set out in the Schedule. SCHEDULE Definitions In this Schedule "the Regulations" means the regulations published by Government Notice No. R. 573 of 7 May 1999. Amendment of Regulation 1 of the Regulations 1. Regulation 1 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for the definition of "defective sorghum" of the following definition: "defective sorghum (a) pieces of, and broken sorghum kernels; or (b) sorghum kernels (i) that are affected by fungi or diseases; (ii) of which embryo skin is cracked due to germination; (iii) that have a green colour or shows other signs of immaturity; or (iv) that have been damaged by insects, rodents, cold or in any other manner not includes weather-stained sorghum." (b) the substitution for the definition of "foreign matter" of the following definition: "'foreign matter' means any matter or substance other than sorghum;" (c) the SUbstitution for the definition "insect" of the following definition: "'insect' means any live insect that is injurious to stored sorghum, irrespective of the stage of development of the lnsect; and" (d) .the addition of the following definition after the definition of "sorghum": "'standard sieve' means a hand sieve which consists of a slotted sieve manufactured of 0,8 mm aluminium with apertures 1, 786 (0,0703 inch) wide and 12,7 mm (0,5 inch) long, fits into a solid-bottom aluminium pan and is 330,2 mm to 334 mm in diameter.;." Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10505 dated 02 February 1998 STAATSKOERANT, 16 MAART 2007 Amendment of Regulation 4 of the Regulations 2. Regulation 4 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for paragraph (2)(b) of the following paragraph: No.29690 7 "(2) (b) is of a GL cultivar as specified in the cultivar list; and" Amendment of Regulation 5 of the Regulations 3. Regulation 5 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for paragraph (1lea) of the following paragraph: "(a) Class GM (i) Grade GM; and (ii) Grade GM2" Amendment ofRegulation 6 of the Regulations 4. Regulation 6 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for paragraph (1)(f) of the following paragraph: "(f) with the exception of Class other Sorghum, have a moisture content of not more than 13 per cent." Amendment ofRegulation 9 of the Regulations 5. Regulation 9 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the deletion of subregulation (5). Amendment of Regulation 13 of the Regulations 6. Regulation 13 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph: "(b) Remove all foreign matter by hand from the working sample and determine the mass thereof." (b) the substitution for paragraph (c) of the following paragraph: "(c) Express the mass thus determined, as a percentage of the mass of the working sample: Amendment of Regulation 14 of the Regulations 7. Regulation 14 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for paragraph (b) ofthe following paragraph: "(b) Remove all unthreshed sorghum by hand from the working sample and determine the mass thereof." (b) the substitution for paragraph (c) of the following paragraph: "(c) Express the mass thus determined, as a percentage of the mass of the working sample." Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10505 dated 02 February 1998 8 No.29690 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16 MARCH 2007 Amendment of Regulation 15 of the Regulations 8. Regulation 15 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for paragraph (1)(b) of the following paragraph: "(b) Place the working sample on a standard sieve." (b) the substitution for paragraph (1)(d) of the following paragraph: "(d) Remove all defective grain sorghum kernels from those portions of the working sample that respectively remained in or on the slotted sieve and were collected in the collecting tray and determine the joint mass thereof." (c) the substitution of paragraph (1)(e) of the following paragraph: "(e) Express the mass thus determined, as a percentage of the mass of the working sample." (d) deletion of subregulation (2) of the regulation. Amendment of Regulation 16 of the Regulations 9. Regulation 16 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph: "(b) Remove all sorghum of another group by hand from the working sample and determine the mass thereof." (b) the substitution for paragraph (c) ofthe following paragraph: "(c) Express the mass thus determined, as a percentage of the mass of the working sample." Amendment of Regulation 17 of the Regulations 10. Regulation 17 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph: "(b) Remove all sorghum of another group by hand from the working sample and determine the mass thereof." (b) the substitution for paragraph (c) of the following paragraph: "(c) Express the mass thus determined, as a percentage of the mass of the working sample." Amendment of Regulation 18 of the Regulations 11. Regulation 18 of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph: "(b) Remove all sorghum of another group by hand from the working sample and determine the mass thereof." (b) the substitution for paragraph (c) of the following paragraph: "(c) Express the mass thus determined, as a percentage of the mass of the working sample." Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10505 dated 02 February 1998 STAATSKOERANT, 16 MAART 2007 Amendment of the Annexure of the Regulations 12. The Annexure of the Regulations is hereby amended by (a) the substitution for the table of the following table: G07-016151-B NO.29690 9 Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10505 dated 02 February 1998 10 No.29690 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16 MARCH 2007 ANNEXURE/AANHANGSEL TABLEITABEL PERMISSIBLE DEVIATIONS IN SORGHUM TOELAATBARE AFWYKINGS IN SORGHUM [REG. 5,6) 1 2 I 3 I 4 I 6 I 8 I 7 Maximum extent to which defects are permissible in/Maksimum mate waartoe gebreke toelaatbaar is in • Nature of deviationl Gradel Gradel Gradel Gradel Gradel Gradel Aard van afwyking Graad Graad Graad Graad Graad Graad GM1 GM2 GL1 GL2 GH 1 GH2 1. Foreign matterNreemde 1,5% 2,0% 2,0% 3,0% 1,5% 3,0% materiaal (Reg. 13) 2. Unthreshed sorghuml 4,0% 6,0% 6,0% 12,0% 4,0% 20,0% Ongedorste sorghum (Reg. 14) 3. Defective sorghuml 3,0% 10,0% 10,0% 20,0% 3,0% 20,0% Gebrekkige sorghum (Reg. 15) 4. Small kernel 8,0% 10,0% 10,0% 20,0% 8,0% 20,0% sorghum/Kleinpitsorghum (Reg. 15) 5. Total of defective sorghum 10,0% 10,0% 10,0% 20,0% 10,0% 20,0% and small kernel sorghuml Totaal van gebrekkige sorghum en kleinpit sorghum 6. Sorghum of another groupl 4,0% 6,0% 8,0% 10,0% 4,0% !10% Sorghum van 'n ander groep (Reg. 16) 7. White sorghumlWit 4,0% 6,0% • • 4,0% • sorghum (Reg. 17) 8. Total of sorghum of another 6,0% 10,0% • • 6,0% • group and white sorghuml Totaal van sorghum van 'n ander groep en wit sorghum 9. Weather-stained sorghuml 50% 50% 50% 75% 50% 75% Weer-gevlekte sorghum (Rea 18) • No specificationl Geen spesifikasie Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10505 dated 02 February 1998