Fruit Marketing Act [Chapter 18:03]. Pays/Territoire Zimbabwe Type du document Législation Date 1966 (2001) Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to provide for the establishment and use of a national mark in relation to the marketing of specified types of fruit grown in Zimbabwe; to prescribe the requisite standards and requirements for export of specified types of fruit grown in Zimbabwe; and for matters incidental to the foregoing. Sujet Alimentation et nutrition, Plantes cultivées Mot clé Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Inspection Fruits/noix comestibles Enregistrement Emballage/étiquetage Commerce international Production végétale Aire géographique Afrique, Afrique Orientale, Nations en développement sans littoral Résumé This Act concerns the quality of fruit produced in Zimbabwe. "Fruit means any fruit declared in terms of section 3 by the Minister of Agriculture or another Minister to whom the President has assigned the administration of this Act, to be fruit for the purposes of this Act. No person shall use the national mark prescribed for a specified fruit or a mark similar to the national mark, unless such use is permitted under this Act (sec.4). The national mark may be used by registered growers of fruit which complies with requisite standards as to quality and packing of the fruit concerned. An application to register as a grower shall be made under section 5 to the Secretary of the responsible ministry. No fruit shall be exported unless it complies with the requisite standard and containers in which the fruit is exported complies with prescribed requirements and bear the national mark (sect. 7). The Minister may appoint inspectors for purposes of this Act under section 8. Section 12 sets out the regulatory powers of the Minister. (12 sections) Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.parlzim.gov.zw