Ms Salamina Maelane

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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT INSPECTION SERVICES

• Ms Salamina Maelane
• Directorate Agricultural Product Inspection
  Services
• Agribusiness Export Awareness Workshop
• CEDARA COLLEGE KWAZULU NATAL
• 18 NOVEMBER 2010

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Overview of the presentation

1. WTO Intro
2. Structure
3. Core Functions
4. Legislative mandate
5. Key deliverables
6. Footprint
7. Trade requirements
8. Inspection requirements
9. Inspection processes
10. Specific Requirements for inspections
11. Current Export markets
12. Phytosanitary Risk management
13. Challenges
14. Contact details

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INTERNATIONAL SPS OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• WTO intro

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WTO
Coverage of SPS and TBT Agreements

• Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement
• Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement

Technical Regulation
Any other Objective
Protect Human Life
Protect Animal Life
Protect Plant Life
Protect a Country
From risks arising from
From risks arising from
From risks arising from
From risks arising from
Additivescontaminantstoxins or disease-causing
organism in their foods plant or animal carried
diseases
Additives toxins pests diseases disease-causing
organisms
Pests diseases disease-causing organisms
TBT
SPS
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• Provides for Protection of Animal, Human
• Plant Health and Life
• Recognises the OIE, Codex IPPC as the
• respective international standard setting
• bodies
• RSA is a member country of the WTO, OIE,
• Codex and IPPC which implies obligations and
  responsibilities such as
• To make provision a national plant protection
  organization

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INTERNATIONAL SPS OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICIAL NPPO
• Issuance of certificates
• Surveillance of growing plants, stored and
  transported articles
• Inspection of consignments regulated articles
• Disinfection or disinfection of consignments
• Protection of endangered areas
• Conduct PRA
• Ensure phytosanitary security
• Training and development of staff

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StructureFood Safety and Biosecurity
Agreements (SPS/TBT)
Directorates
Policy
Operations
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INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS

• D APIS is guided by the following in terms of
  international agreements, guidelines and
  standards
• IPPC - to protect plant resources from harmful
  pests (phytosanitary measures) which may be
  introduced through international trade.
• Codex Alimentarius protecting the health of
  consumers and ensuring fair practices in the food
  trade. Deals with food safety, MRL and toxins

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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS INSPECTION SERVICES

• CORE BUSINESS
• Manage the levels of risks associated with food
  safety and quality, diseases, pests and support
  fair trade.
• Protocols and work programs
• Inspections
• Audits
• Permits
• Surveys

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Core Functions

• Administration and services delivery in terms of
  more than 10 Acts of Parliament
• Agricultural Pests Act, 1983
• Agricultural Products Standards Act, 1990
• Liquor Products Act, 1989
• Plant Improvement Act, 1976
• Plant Breeders Rights Act, 1989
• Genetically Modified Organisms Act, 1997
• International Agreements (WTO-SPS, WTO-TBT, CBD,
  ISTA)

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Key deliverables

• Inspections
• Investigations
• Audits
• Surveys
• Rapid response

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ORGANOGRAM
DAFF- Minister
DG s office
DDGs
CHIEF DIRECTORATE
APIS DIRECTORATE
NPPPIS
PEPC
EC
WC
GP
KZN
AIRPORT
SEA PORT
LAND BORDERS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
GENETIC RESOURCES
PLANT HEALTH
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APIS STRUCTURE

• Directorate Agricultural Product Inspection
  Services (APIS)
• Director Mr Mooketsa Ramasodi
• Division National Plant and Plant Product
  Inspection Services (NPPPIS), Mr Mike
  Holtzhausen.
• Division Ports of Entry Point Control (PEPC),
  Mr Ernest Phoku and Mr Amos van Schoor.

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• map

Gauteng
Kwazulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
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DAFF Offices
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SOUTH AFRICAN BORDERS
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Trade Requirements
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Inspection Processes
Request from a client
Export Control
Export requirements
Sampling and inspection
Risk management decisions
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Specific Requirements for inspections
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CURRENT EXPORT MARKETS

• EU Traditional biggest trading partner
• Phyto Measures (PM) Directive
• India Taiwan Directive
• Permit markets
• Most of the African countries
• Some middle east countries
• Bilateral agreement/protocol
• China USA
• Preclearance markets
• Japan, Korea, Mexico USA
• Preseason clearance markets
• China, Israel Taiwan (only apples)

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Current Pre-clearance Preseason clearance
markets
Country ALL Citrus Deciduous Grapes Other
China
EU
Israel
Japan
Korea
Mexico
Taiwan
USA
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PHYTOSANITARY RISK MANAGEMENT
Authorization Requirement Phytosanitary system
Permit Pc Pc based on QA inspection and certificate
Permit Pc AD APIS Inspection PC AD
Directive (EU) Pc AD EU CBS RMS, Registration Production units, inspection (QA/PPECB or APIS)(strike system) PcAD
Directive (Taiwan) PcADTr Register PUs and PH Pre-export verification Inspection/APIS TR/PPECB PCAD
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PHYTOSANITARY RISK MANAGEMENT
Authorization Requirement Phytosanitary system
Bi-lateral Agreement (China) Pc AD Treatment Register PUs and PH, submit for pre export approval Sample Inspection/APIS Tr/PPECB PCAD
Bi-lateral Program (USA) Pc AD Treatment Register PU PH Pre-clearance inspection Sample Inspection/APIS Tr/PPECB PCAD
Protocol (Korea Japan) Pc AD Treatment Register PU PH Pre-clearance inspection Sample Inspection/APIS Tr/PPECB PCAD
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Export Control at Port Exports

• Exportation of agricultural products
• Can be a pathway for the introduction of exotic
  pathogens and pests
• of plant and animals into importing countries.
  These organisms can be detrimental
• to the local agricultural resources should they
  become established within the
• importing countries.
• Throughout the value chain there is an
  involvement of other stakeholders including the
• DAFFs assignee like Perishable Product Export
  Control Board (PPECB).

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Competiveness through Food Safety and Biosecurity
GAIN Opening of new markets
RETAIN Ongoing inputs to keep existing markets
open
OPTIMISE Ongoing inputs to improve terms and
scope of access to existing markets
ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE IMPOSSIBLE IF South Africa
does not protect its biosecurity by preventing
entry of pests, diseases and other regulated
articles posing a threat to food safety and
biosecurity
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OFFICE DETAILS

• Where to find us
• 190 Mahatma Gandhi/ Point road
• Point
• Durban
• REGIONAL MANAGER SALAMINA MAELANE
• TEL [phone]
• Email SalaminaMeh_at_nda.agric.za

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ANY QUESTIONS?
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