Import & Export Dairy Products

• Import and Export permits

  
  (1) Before milk and milk products for import or export as food are exported or imported, an import or export permit must have been issued or given for their import or export.
  (2) At the time of the import or export of the milk and milk products, the import and export permit must have effect.
  (3) All imported milk products placed for sale in Eswatini must comply with the labelling requirements set out by the Board.




• Prohibition on import and export of milk and milk products

  
  Milk and milk products must not be imported or exported unless the requirements specified in this Part are complied with.




• Conditions and restrictions on import and export

  
  (1) For the purposes of this section the requirements specified for milk and milk products in this Part are specified conditions and restrictions applicable to the import and export of milk and milk products that are exported as food.




• Approved permit holder

  (1) If a permit is issued for an approved establishment, the permit holder or owner shall be the approved establishment that applied; and
  (2) If a permit is issued for a processor, the permit holder or owner shall be the processor that applied; and
  (3) If a permit is issued for a trader, the permit holder or owner shall be the trader that applied; and
  (4) If a permit is issued to a distributor, the permit holder or owner shall be the distributor that applied; and
  (5) If a permit is issued to a transporter, the permit holder or owner shall be the transporter that applied; and
  (6) In any other case, the permit holder or owner shall be the applicant registered and approved by the board as the permit holder.




• Security of import and export permits and government permits

  (1) A person to whom this Part applies must ensure that import, export permits and government permits are held under conditions of security when not in use. (2) Failure to comply may preclude the approval of approved arrangements as they relate to the issue of permits and the approval of persons as approved import or export permit issuers or result in the revocation of these approvals.




• Return of import, export permits and government permits

  (1) Import, export permits and government permits must be returned to the insurer if:
  (a) an import or export permit for milk and milk products is revoked;
  (b) a government permit for milk and milk products is cancelled; or
  (c) the intention to import or export milk and milk products is abandoned; and
  (d) any import or export permit for the milk and milk products issued by the person or given to the person by the Board.




• Requirement to notify

  
  (1) If before the import or export of milk and milk products for which an import or export permit is issued or given, a person to whom this Part applies suspects that:
  (a) the fitness for human consumption of the milk and milk products is jeopardised or their security or integrity is compromised;
  (b) an importing or exporting country requirement applying to the milk and milk products is not complied with, that person must notify an authorized officer immediately on forming the suspicion.




• Effective measures to ensure accuracy and completeness

  
  (1) A person to whom this Part applies must have effective measures in place to ensure that:
  (a) information given to the Board in, or in connection with, an application for an import and export permit or a government permit is accurate and complete; and
  (b) there is a sound basis for the information given.