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Best Before vs Use By: What South African Food Law Actually Says About Date Marking By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety & Regulatory Consultant, ASC Food Safety Date marking has become one of the most debated topics in South African food policy in 2026, and for good reason. Commentators are calling …
Food, Supplement or Medicine? How to Classify Your Product in South Africa By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety & Regulatory Consultant, ASC Food Safety Before you design a label, register a facility, book a shipping container or brief an advertising agency, one question decides everything that follows: what is this product, …
Health & Nutrition Claims on South African Food Labels: What You Can and Can’t Say By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety & Regulatory Consultant, ASC Food Safety Claims sell. “High in protein” moves product off the shelf; “sugar-free” wins the comparison at eye level; “supports immunity” speaks straight to what consumers …
The 12 Most Common Food Label Mistakes in South Africa (and How to Fix Them) By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety & Regulatory Consultant, ASC Food Safety Walk down any supermarket aisle in South Africa and you will find labels that would not survive a proper regulatory review. Some mistakes are …
How to Import Food into South Africa: The Complete Labelling & Regulatory Guide By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety & Regulatory Consultant, ASC Food Safety Importing food into South Africa is a genuine commercial opportunity: a consumer market of over 60 million people and a springboard into the wider SADC region. …
Allergen Labelling in South Africa: The Complete Compliance Guide By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety & Regulatory Consultant, ASC Food Safety Of everything printed on a food label, nothing carries higher stakes than the allergen declaration. A misplaced decimal in a nutrition table is a compliance problem. A missing allergen declaration …
Front-of-Pack Warning Labels Are Coming to South Africa: A Practical Preparation Guide By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety & Regulatory Consultant, ASC Food Safety Walk down a supermarket aisle in Santiago, Chile, and you will see them everywhere: stark black octagonal warnings stamped on the front of packs: high in sugar, …
New R3337 Food Labelling Regulations: What Every South African Food Business Must Do Now By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety & Regulatory Consultant, ASC Food Safety If you manufacture, pack, import or retail food in South Africa, the single biggest regulatory shift of the decade is heading your way. Draft R3337, …
A food hygiene audit is an independent, evidence-based assessment of a food-handling facility’s compliance with hygiene, sanitation, food handling, documentation and structural requirements – measured against South African law (most importantly Regulation R638 of 2018 under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act 54 of 1972) and recognised international standards such …
FSSC 22000 V7 Readiness Check — ASC Food Safety Consultants ASC FOOD SAFETY CONSULTANTS LEADING WITH SCIENCE · ENSURING FOOD SAFETY The FSSC 22000 V7 Readiness Check Seven questions. Two minutes. Built from real V7 gap audits across South African food manufacturers, packaging sites and catering operations. Already know you …
FSSC 22000 V7 in South Africa: The Complete 2026 Guide By Mthokozisi Nkosi — Food Scientist · SAATCA Registered R638:2018 Lead Implementer (1 of only 3 in South Africa) · Registered Lead Auditor (Exemplar Global · IRCA) · GLOBALG.A.P. Trainer Published 11 May 2026 · ASC Food Safety Consultants · …
FOOD SAFETY TRAINING CURRICULUM · 2026 PATHWAY GUIDE Complete Food Safety Training in South Africa: ASC’s 4-Tier Curriculum from Food Handler to FSSC 22000, BRCGS, GLOBALG.A.P. and Specialised Compliance Most food safety training providers cover one or two rungs of the certification ladder. ASC covers fourteen courses across four tiers …
FSSC 22000 V7 TRAINING · 2026 COMPLETE GUIDE FSSC 22000 Training in South Africa: The Complete 2026 Guide to V7 Implementation Training FSSC 22000 V7 (released May 2026) is now the current version of one of the most widely-adopted GFSI-recognised food safety certification schemes in the world. Training for V7 …
HACCP TRAINING · 2026 COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE HACCP Training in South Africa: The Complete 2026 Guide to Choosing the Right Course (Foundation through Advanced) HACCP is the most important food safety methodology of the last 70 years. It is also the most commonly mis-trained — courses that skim the Codex 7 …
BRCGS ISSUE 9 · CLAUSE 1.1.2 · CULTURE PLAN Building a BRCGS Food Safety Culture Plan (Clause 1.1.2): The Complete Implementation Guide A poster on the wall is not a culture plan. BRCGS Issue 9 Clause 1.1.2 expects a measurable, action-driven, annually-reviewed food safety culture programme — built around the …
DECISION FRAMEWORK · BRCGS · FSSC 22000 · IFS · SQF BRCGS vs FSSC 22000 vs IFS Food: The Decision Framework for South African Manufacturers Four GFSI-benchmarked food safety standards. One global supply chain. Choosing wrong costs you customers, audit cycles and capital. This is the decision framework South African …
BRCGS ISSUE 9 · AUDIT PREPARATION · 90 DAYS OUT BRCGS Issue 9 Audit Preparation: The 90-Day Countdown Checklist A practical, week-by-week, day-by-day BRCGS Issue 9 audit preparation roadmap. From 90 days out to the morning of audit day. The countdown auditors actually want — built around the 8 Fundamentals, …
FSSC 22000 V7 · Audit Findings · Authority Guide The 25 Most Common FSSC 22000 V7 Non-Conformances — and How to Avoid Them An evidence-based playbook drawn from real FSSC 22000 Version 7 (May 2026) transition gap audits, mock audits and post-CB-audit reviews — clause by clause, with severity grading, …
How to Pass Your Spaza Shop COA Inspection First Time: The Complete EHP Inspection Survival Guide (2026) By: Mthokozisi Nkosi · SAATCA Registered R638:2018 Lead ImplementerUpdated: 3 May 2026Reading time: 18 minutes Your Environmental Health Practitioner (EHP) inspection is the moment of truth for your spaza shop. Get it right …
RESTAURANT STARTUP · COMPLIANCE GUIDE · 2026 How to Start a Restaurant in South Africa: The Complete 2026 Compliance, Cost & Profitability Guide South Africa’s restaurant industry is one of the most exciting hospitality markets on the African continent — Sandton fine dining, Cape Town bistros, Durban curry houses, Stellenbosch …
