The environmental implementation plan (EIP) seeks to drive coordination and cooperation across government departments, as a means to secure the protection of the environment. Among others, the purpose of the EIP includes; avoiding duplication of efforts and promoting consistency, improving the level of participation and cooperation from provincial governments, and securing environmental protection on a national level.

The notice repeals the provisions of the regulations relating to food items identified under the repealed food, drugs, and disinfectants act of 1929.

The minister declares the area specified in the schedule a marine protected area, with a highlight of boundaries and exact geographic coordinates.

This Act is subject to the marketing of agricultural products act of 1996. The statutory measure applies to apples destined for export, import, or domestic fresh consumption. It seeks to ensure the availability of market information to all stakeholders in the industry. Persons shall have choices of registering as producers, exporters, importers, municipal markets, retailers, or processors. The measure will be administered and implemented by HORTGRO services, a company established in terms with the companies act and operates within the purview of the Dried Fruit Technical Services (DFTS).

The section on renewal of registration is added to the schedules of the rules for the property valuers profession of 2008.

The regulations detail the restrictions on the sale of wheat. It also outlines the classes of wheat, standards for classes, grades of wheat, standards for grading, as well as packing and marking requirements, among other guidelines.

The amended regulations operate under the plant breeders’ rights act of 1976. The table detailing kinds of plants and period of rights” is substituted.”””

This document introduces Listeriosis as a bacterial disease caused by the gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes. It details several Listeria cases and gender distribution amongst 5 categories of listeriosis patients and also the number of cases of laboratory-confirmed listeriosis in South Africa from January to October 2017 by 5-year age category. Chapter 6 and 7 of this document discuss the diagnosis and treatment of listeriosis in different forms.

The minister extends the time period of general authorisations, as it pertains to the subsections of the national water act of 1998.

The amendment substitutes items 7-9 in the table of food items and prescribed sodium reduction levels.

The regulations zone the entire Orange Shelf Edge Marine Protected Area as Sanctuary area with two areas determined by using the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS 84). The regulations are made under the national environmental management: protected areas act of 2003. “No person may undertake any scientific research within the Marine Protected Area, except on the authority of a scientific research permit issued by the Minister”. The general restrictions within the marine protected area are listed out in the schedules.

The amendment describes the 21 national parks under the protected areas act and amends proclamations of their regulations as regards portioning of their land areas.

The notice is made under the environment conservation act of 1989. It identifies the activities that pose substantial detrimental effects on the environment in the specific coastal area under review, and for which maps are provided in the schedules of the notice.

The act applies to all animals, animals of specific breed types or such animals declared by the minister. The act stipulates requirements for the breeding, identification and utilisation of genetically superior animals, to improve the production and economic performance of animals in South Africa. It makes provisions for an animal breeders’ society, requirements for registration, approval, and management of semen collectors, inseminators, embryo collectors, import agents, and premises where genetic materials are managed.

This brief document outlines different disorders, their causes and treatments. It also answers Frequently Asked Questions about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

The notice amends schedules one and two of the act as it relates to specifying the national departments exercising functions that may affect the environment, and those carrying out activities that involve the management of the environment.

The notice represents the South African Council for the property valuers profession’s amendments under the property valuers profession act of 2000.

The regulations and amendments are under the plant improvement act of 1976. The amendment substitutes the fees payable table.

There is a redefinition of “packing material” and “packing material manufacturer” in the schedule, deletions of clauses, and a substitution of the clause on “time and manner of payments of levies”.

The exemption to operate a commercial fish processing establishment without a right granted is subject to the sections of the marine living resources act of 1998. The exemption is granted to; fishmongers, restaurants, fish shops, supermarkets, large chain stores, authorised fishing vessels that pack fish in crates, and those engaged in the drying of legally caught and purchased fish.