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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT INSPECTION
SERVICES
Mooketsa Ramasodi
Directorate Agricultural Product Inspection
Services
Trade Awareness Workshop Polokwane, 13 August
2009
Overview of the presentation
1) WTO Intro
2) Structure
3) Core Functions
4) Legislative mandate
5) Key deliverables
6) Trade requirements
7) Footprint
8) Inspection requirements
9) Inspection processes
10)Integrated Measures
11)Challenges
12)Summary
13)Acknowledgement
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Coverage of
WTO
SPS and TBT
- Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement
Agreements
- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement
Technical Regulation
Any other
Objective
Protect
Human Life
Protect
Animal Life
From risks arising from
From risks arising from
Additives
contaminants
toxins or diseasecausing organism
in their foods
plant or animal
carried diseases
TBT
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Protect
Plant Life
Protect
a Country
From risks arising from
From risks arising from
Additives
Pests
toxins
diseases
pests
disease-causing
organisms
diseases
disease-causing
organisms
SPS
Structure
Food Safety and Biosecurity
WTO
Biosecurity
Food Safety
Agreements
(SPS/TBT)
Directorates
S
Policy
Operations
FS & QA
PS
TBT
BS
PH
APIS
Inspection Services
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ZS
VS
VQPH
Core Functions
Administration and services delivery in terms of more
than 10 Acts of Parliament
Core functions, methods, products and services
clustered into 40 groups e.g.
Protocols and work programs
Inspections
Audits
Permits etc
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Legislative mandate
Agricultural Pests Act, 1983
Agricultural Products Standards Act, 1990
Liquor Products Act, 1989
Plant Improvement Act, 1976
Plant Breeder’s Rights Act, 1989
Genetically Modified Organisms Act, 1997
Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and
Stock Remedies Act, 1947
Meat Safety Act, 2000
Animal Diseases Act, 1984
Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983
International Agreements (WTO-SPS, WTO-TBT, CBD,
ISTA)
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Department of
Science &
Technology
National
Biotechnology
Strategy
2001
Department of
Agriculture
GMO Act, 1997
(Amendment in
2006)
Cartagena
Protocol for
Biosafety-2003
- Competent
Authority
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Department of Department of
Environmental
Trade and
Affairs
Industry
National
Environmental
Management
Act, 1998
National
Environmental
Biodiversity
Act, 2004
Convention on
Biological Diversity
/ Cartagena Protocol
Focal Point
Consumer
Protection
Act, 2008
Department
of Health
Foodstuffs,
Cosmetics, and
Disinfectants
Act, 1972
(Act 54 of 1972)
CODEX
Alimentarius
Contact Point
Key deliverables
Inspections
Investigations
Audits
Surveys
Rapid response
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APIS Footprint
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Trade Requirements
Imports
Exports
Domestic
• Import permit
• Export requirements
(Permit, Directive,
Protocols)
• Movement permits
(where there are
control measures)
• Quality certificate
• Compliance to
regulations
(grading, labeling,
content,
germination rates
etc)
• Phytosanitary
certificate /Vet
Health Certificate
• Declaration at the
port of entry
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• Phytosanitary
certificate
• Cold treatment
certification
Inspections at a glance
Assumptions in the
application
of inspections
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Regulated articles for
inspections
Plants, animals and their
products
The pests or diseases of
Storage facilities
concern, or the signs or
symptoms they cause are visually Packaging material including
detectable
dunnage
Inspection is operationally
Conveyances and transport
possible
facilities
Some probability of pests and
Soil, fertilizers and related
diseases being undetected is
materials
recognised
Traveller’s personal effects
moving internationally
International mail
Specific Requirements for inspections
• Documents must be complete, consistent, valid and
not fraudulent
Document
checks
• Verification of consignment identity and integrity
• Visual examination for pests, diseases or other non
Inspections conformities
• Nature of the inspection findings determines the type
of decisions to be adopted
Regulatory • These decisions include certifications, releases,
destructions, refusal of entry, confistications.
decisions
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Inspection Processes
Border Control
Export Control
Domestic Control
Declaration of a
consignment
Request from a
client
Request from
clients or DAFF
initiated
Import
requirements
Export
requirements
Domestic
requirements
Sampling and
inspection
Sampling and
inspection
Risk
management
decisions
Risk
management
decisions
Sampling and
inspection
Risk
management
decisions
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Inspection is about compliance verification to ensure ALOP
Integrated measures in a systems approach
Integrated Measures
Pack
house
Inspection
Field
Inspection
Port
Inspection
Certification/Risk
Control Measures
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Risk Control Measures
Eradication
Prohibitions
Seizures
Detentions
Destructions
Authorizations
- Certificates
- Permits
- Authorizations
- Reports
- Orders
Challenges
Non compliance
- Awareness, Laxity, Greed
Surveillance (early warning systems)
- Bactrocera invadens, AFB
Biology of pests and diseases
- Pests and diseases do not require
passports
Smuggling
- Proliferation of smuggling coupled with
corruption
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In summary
Exports
Importing country’s
requirements
Inspections
Certification
decisions
Compliance
monitoring
Interceptions
Pre - Border
Border
Risk Assessment
Risk
Management
Decisions
Early Warning
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Imports
Post - Border
Trade Control
Surveillance
Compliance
monitoring
Acknowledgements
Thank you
Appreciation to all colleagues at the
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries for their support in
preparation of this presentation
Mooketsa Ramasodi
012 319 6321 or e mail [email protected]
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