This serves to notify South African exporters of products of plant origin to Indonesia about the Indonesian import and export requirements, as prescribed in the Indonesian Decree, the Regulation of Minister of Agriculture No. 27/Permentan/PP.340/5/2009 with implementation date 19 August 2009.
The decree lays down regulations regarding food safety control over the import and export of fresh food of plant origin.
The objective of the regulation is to carry out control of food safety on importation and exportation through the following options:
* Recognition of Fresh Food of Plant Origin (FFPO) safety control system of the country of origin
* Equivalence agreement between Indonesia and the FFPO country of origin or destination country
* Recognition of FFPO safety control in the production site
* Inspection toward every importing/exporting FFPO.
The South Africa Government through the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will engage with Indonesian counterparts to explore the various options in order to ensure smooth trade.
Be informed that with effect from 19 August 2009 all consignments to Indonesia need to have a certificate of analysis, which can be obtained from departmental analytical laboratories. The contacts are as follows:
Albert Smith
Tel: 021 809 1718
Fax: 021 887 0036
E-mail: Alberts@daff.gov.za
Physical address:
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Plant Quarantine Station
Polkadraai Road
Stellenbosch
Postal address:
Department Of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Private Bag X5015
Stellenbosch
7599
Ephraim Moruke
Tel: 012 319 6126
Fax: 086 519 1741
E-mail: Ephraimmor@daff.gov.za
Physical address:
20 Beatrix Street
Agriculture Place Building
Office W-Gf-18
Pretoria; 0001
Postal address:
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Private Bag X343
Pretoria
0001
Director: Dr B R Ntshabele
Directorate: Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Department: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Tel: 012 319 7306
E-mail: DFSQA@daff.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
28 October 2009
