The organised dairy industry acknowledges the importance of compliance with the related regulations and standards as it pertains to the dairy value chain.
Amongst such regulations is the “Regulations relating to the Classification, Packing and Marking of Dairy Products and Imitation Dairy Products intended for Sale in the Republic of South Africa”, R.1510 published on 22 November 2019 by the Department of Agriculture. It is aimed at dairy, modified dairy and imitation dairy products, and prescribes the compositional requirements in terms of the classes and standards together the label markings requirements in terms of the permissible and prohibited marks.
This webinar will zoom in on parts of the regulation R.1510 to provide technical interpretation of its provisions, for a better understanding of its prescribed minimum compositional and marking requirements.
Speaker
Thabang Nthabeleng Rampa is the manager: Regulatory Affairs of the Dairy Standard Agency (DSA). Before joining the DSA on 10 February 2025, she was a chief food safety and quality assurance officer at the former National Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) under the Directorate: Food Safety and Quality Assurance for 8 years.
Rampa was responsible for compiling and amending various regulations, i.e. the regulations for geographical indications, tea, coffee, rooibos, edible ices, and dairy and provided technical interpretation of the regulations to their national and international stakeholders. At the DALRRD, she also represented South Africa at the special committee for geographical indications of the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
Rampa was appointed as a medical biological scientist at the National Department of Health under the Directorate: Food Control in 2015, where she was responsible for compiling and maintaining regulations pertaining to food contaminants. In 2006, she worked as Research and Development for RCL and then went on to be a quality assurance laboratory technician conducting analytical analysis on wheat and maize products.
Rampa has achieved a National Diploma in Food Technology at the Durban University of Technology in 2002 and a Btech in Food Technology at the Tshwane University of Technology in 2013. She also acquired a certificate in Total Quality Management from Unisa in 2011 and a certificate in Legislative Drafting from the University of Pretoria in 2015. She will be an LLB graduate at Unisa in the upcoming 2025 graduation ceremony.
