Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996: Establishment of Statutory Measure and Determination of Levies on Table Olives and Olive Oil (No. R. 414 of 2012).

This Regulation of the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries requires producers, processors or importers of table olives or olive oil to register and imposes a levy on table olives and olive oil both from domestic production and imports. The levy is needed by SA Olives to fund research projects, technical information and technology transfer; quality control and certification; Information and statistics; communication, consumer education and market development; and transformation and training for the olive industry.