Reduction of total sodium content of certain foodstuffs
2. Any foodstuff, listed in column II of Table 1 below, which are offered for sale on the dates mentioned in column IV shall comply with the corresponding reduced total Sodium levels mentioned in column III:
TABLE 1: REDUCTION OF TOTAL SODIUM (NA) CONTENT OF CERTAIN FOODSTUFFS
Foodstuff category (II)
Maximum Total Sodium per 100 g foodstuff (III) Dates on which the total Sodium reduction becomes effective (IV)
1. Bread
400 mg Na 30 June 2016
380 mg Na 30 June 2019
2. All breakfast cereals and porridges, whether ready-to-eat, instant or cook up, hot or cold
500 mg Na 30 June 2016
400 mg Na 30 June 2019
3. All fat spreads and butter spreads
550 mg Na 30 June 2016
450 mg Na 30 June 2019
4. Ready-to-eat savoury snacks, excluding salt-and-vinegar flavoured savoury snacks
800 mg Na 30 June 2016
700 mg Na 30 June 2019
5. Flavoured potato crisps, excluding salt-and-vinegar flavoured potato crisps
650 mg Na 30 June 2016
550 mg Na 30 June 2019
6. Flavoured, ready-to-eat, savoury snacks and potato crisps- salt-and-vinegar only
1000 mg Na 30 June 2016
850 mg Na 30 June 2019
7. Processed meat (classes 6, 12 or 14 of the South African National Standard SANS 885:2011)- uncured
850 mg Na 30 June 2016
650 mg Na 30 June 2019
8. Processed meat (classes 7, 10 or 11 of the South African National Standard SANS 885:2011)- cured
950 mg Na 30 June 2016
850 mg Na 30 June 2019
9. Raw-processed meat sausages (all types) and similar products
800 mg Na 30 June 2016
600 mg Na 30 June 2019
10. Dry soup powder (not the instant type)
5 500 mg Na 30 June 2016
3 500 mg Na 30 June 2019
11. Dry gravy powders and dry instant savoury sauces
3 500 mg Na 30 June 2016
1 500 mg Na 30 June 2019
12. Dry savoury powders with dry instant noodles to be mixed with a liquid
1 500 mg Na 30 June 2016
800 mg Na 30 June 2019
13. Stock cubes, stock powders, stock granules, stock emulsions, stock pastes or stock jellies
18 000 mg Na 30 June 2016
13 000 mg Na 30 June 2019