APPROVED VERSION – COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTERS OF TRADE - 17 July 2014 - SADC/CMT/26/2014/8.2
product is limited to what is necessary to determine whether adequate
confidence exists that the product still meets the regulations concerned; and
i) a procedure exists to review complaints concerning the operation of such
procedures and to take corrective action when a complaint is justified.
Where an importing Member State operates a system for the approval of the use of food
additives or for the establishment of tolerances for contaminants to food, beverages or
feedstuffs, which prohibits or restricts access to its domestic markets for products based
on the absence of an approval, the importing Member State shall consider the use of a
relevant international standard as the basis for access until a final determination is
made.
2. Where a sanitary or phytosanitary measure specifies control at the level of
production, the Member State in whose territory the production takes place shall
provide the necessary assistance to facilitate such control and the work of the
controlling authorities.
3. Nothing in this Annex shall prevent Member States from carrying out reasonable
inspection within their own territories.
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