Establishment of Statutory Measure and determination of guideline prices: levy relating to sorghum (No. R. 310 of 2014). Country/Territory South Africa Document type Regulation Date 2014 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Classification/declassification Cereals/grains/rice Inspection Agricultural commodities Geographical area Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa Abstract This Regulation imposes a levy on threshed, ripe seed of plants of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (excluding seed sorghum or sorghum utilized as silage): (a) that is sold by or on behalf of a producer thereof; (b) that is processed or converted or caused to be processed or converted into a sorghum product by or on behalf of the producer thereof, if such sorghum product is intended to be sold or disposed of; (c) that is imported or brought into the Republic of South Africa; and (d) that is exported from the Republic of South Africa, and in respect of which a levy has not previously been paid. The purpose of the measure is to provide financial support for sorghum information, transformation and research functions, which have been identified by the sorghum industry as essential, in the interests of the industry as a whole and advances al the objectives as set out in section 2(2) of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996. Full text English Website www.info.gov.za References - Legislation Implements Marketing of Agricultural Products Act (No. 47 of 1996). Legislation | South Africa | 1996 Keyword: Agricultural development, Internal trade, International trade, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX