Information documents/material available from the Directorate

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Safe Temperature Game

Copies of the following guidelines / reports / training manuals / posters / brochures and pamphlets are available from the Directorate on request:

• Codex Code of Hygienic Practice for the Transport of Food in Bulk and Semi-packed Food (CAC/RCP 47-2001). (PDF)
• Codex Code of Hygienic Practice for Bottled/Packaged Drinking Waters (Other than Natural Mineral Waters) (CAC/RCP 48-2001). (PDF)

Newsletter Food for Thought

2005

• April [PDF]

2004

• November [PDF]
• July [PDF]
• May [PDF]

2003

• December
• August
• May
• January

2002

• October
• June
• April

Guidelines / training manuals / reports

• WHO Foodborne Disease Outbreak Manual - (PDF)
• Requirements Toxicological Assessments of Agricultural and Stock Remedies (PDF)
• Additional Guidelines for Microbiological Specifications for Foodstuffs - December 2002
• Guidelines for monitoring irradiated foodstuffs in South Africa - October 2004
• Report: Aflatoxin in Groundnuts and Peanut Products - July 2003 – March 2004
• Guidelines for Environmental Health Practitioners on Food Safety Control at Special Events - August 2004
• Guideline Document Food Safety and Risk Assessment of Genetical Modified Organisms and Products Thereof.
• Policy Guidelines: National Food Safety Alerts and Official Food Product recalls in South Africa - June 2004
• South Africa's approach to eliminating iodine deficiency disorders October 2002 (PDF)
• Application for the radiation of a foodstuff in terms of the regulations governing irradiated foodstuffs
• Information Document on Food Control Functions included under Municipal Health Services to be Rendered by Metro and District Municipalities as Provided for in the National Health Act (Act 61 of 2003)
• Information Document on the Role and Responsibility of the Public Health Sector in South Africa regarding Food Safety Control - October 2000 (Revised September 2002)
• Information document of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for pesticide residues that may be present in foodstuffs, set according to the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act 54 of 1972)
  • Ordered by Foodstuff - 25 April 2005 (zipped MS Excel 38 Kb)
  • Ordered by Chemical Substance - 25 April 2005 (zipped MS Excel 36 Kb)
  • List of banned and restricted chemical substances in RSA
• Report on South African Food Consumption studies undertaken amongst different population groups (1983 - 2000): Average intakes of Foods most commonly Consumed
• Guidelines for Environmental Health Officers on the Interpretation of Microbiological Analysis Data of Food (PDF)
• Guidelines for the Health Certification of Consignments of Foodstuffs Destined for Export to other Countries from South Africa - October 1999
• Guidelines for the Food Safety Control of Imported Foodstuffs Entering South Africa Through Land Ports of Entry
• Guidelines for the Management and Health Surveillance of Food Handlers - July 2001 (PDF)
• Guidelines for Environmental Health Officers engaged in food poisoning investigations (PDF)
• Guidelines for Environmental Health Officers in the implementation of the HACCP system - July 2000 (PDF)
• Training manual for Environmental Health Officers on safe practices for street food preparation and handling

Information documents and pamphlets are available from:
   Mr A Pretorius
   Tel: 012 312 0159
   fax: 012 312 3162
   email: pretoa@health.gov.za

Projects

• Project from the Free State Province
• TCP Project on Improving Street Foods in South Africa - January 2002

Posters / pamphlets

• Safe Preparation of Chicken and Eggs [PDF]
• WHO/AFRO - Food Safety Fact Sheets
• Five keys to safer food [PDF]
• The GMO Application Process
• Ten golden rules for safe food preparation (poster available in ten of the local languages and designed for the informal sector)
• Basic principles for the preparation of safe food for infants and young children (available in four of the local languages)

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