NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 768
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 14 AUGUST 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 9)
Mr M W Rabotapi (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 127 on 28 July 2009, any
producers of alcoholic beverages have started labeling their beverages; if
not, (a) which producers have not labeled their alcoholic beverages, (b)
why have they not done so, in each case, (c) what fines have been issued
and (d) what is the amount of each fine; if so, (i) which producers and
(ii) from which date did each of these producers start to label their
beverages, in each case?
NW897E
REPLY:
(a) My Department and I are not aware of any alcohol producers who are
not complying with the Regulations Relating to Health Messages on
Containers Labels of Alcoholic beverages. A plan is currently being
developed to monitor the compliance to these regulations.
(b) Not applicable, see above response.
(c) No fines have been issued.
(d) Any person who contravenes the provisions of these regulations shall
be guilty of an offence and upon conviction be liable to a fine or to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both such
fine and imprisonment.
i) No fines have been issued.
ii) These regulations came into effect on 24 February 2009 and they
apply to all alcoholic beverages labelled from this date. The
date and exemption of alcoholic beverages produced before this
date was agreed upon between the producers and the national
Department of Health.
END.