About registering agricultural remedy

To import, manufacture, or sell agricultural remedy in South Africa, you must be registered with the Registrar of Act 36 of 1947.

You may only qualify for registration if you are a South African citizen or a juristic person with a registered office in South Africa.

If the agricultural remedy that you want to register is already registered by another person, you must get permission from that individual before registration.

You must package the remedy in a clean and closed container. You are not allowed to re-use the container after you have emptied the remedy. In case of a liquid agricultural remedy, you must make sure that the container does not spill the remedy when you pour it out. Your container must comply with the South African National Standards 10229.

Your container must be labelled with:

• a trade mark
• registration number. If you don’t have a registration number you must write it as “Reg. No. …. Act No.36 of 1947”
• the toxicity category under which your agricultural remedy is classified
• the type of formulation of the agricultural remedy and the purpose for which it is registered
• the batch number from which the remedy originates and the manufacturing date of that batch
• the net volume or mass of the remedy
• name and address of the contact person
• company registration number if applicable
  

What you should do

• Download and fill in the Application for the registration of an Agricultural Remedy form under forms to complete below
• Make three copies of the form and post them to: The Registrar: Act No. 36 of 1947, Private Bag X343, Pretoria, 0001 or hand-deliver them to: The Registrar: Act No. 36 of 1947, Agriculture Place, 20 Beatrix Street, Arcadia Pretoria
• Attach one copy of the supportive studies (e.g. toxicological data, efficacy data, residue data and physical specifications.) See the agricultural remedies registration procedure policy document, guidelines for the toxicological evaluation of microbial pest control agents, residue trial data requirements document and guidelines on equivalence of agricultural remedies for information on the requirements
• Pay the prescribed registration fee.
• If you are posting your application, you must pay the prescribed fee by postal order in favour of the Director General Agriculture. If you are hand-delivering your application, you must pay the prescribed fee in cash
• If you want to import the remedy, you must include the following with your documents:
  
• port of entry
• dosage rate 
• trial protocol 
• location of trials 
• active ingredients 
• quantity to be imported.
  

How long does it take

Six to 12 months.

How much does it cost

A non-refundable fee of R6 390.

Forms to complete

(Forms are provided in PDF format. To open PDF documents, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or higher installed on your computer.)

Application for the registration of an Agricultural Remedy

Who to contact

Stephen Skhosana
Senior Administration Officer
Tel: (012) 319 7302
E-Mail: StephenS@daff.gov.za

Zandile Mpangase
Senior Administration Clerk
Tel: (012) 319 7189
E-Mail: ZandileM@daff.gov.za

Charlotte Ngobeni
Senior Administration Clerk
Tel: (012) 319 7173
E-Mail: CharlotteM@daff.gov.za