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# 南非：立法机构呼吁提高标签和包装意识

梅根·赖默斯
- 21 10 月 2019

### 知识产权 (IP) 服务律师事务所 Spoor & Fisher 合伙人表示，由于食品、药品和医药行业从标签的角度受到严格监管，公司需要了解他们可以在包装上对其产品做出的声明 梅根·赖默斯.

尤其是食品标签法规受卫生部 (DoH) 以及农业、林业和渔业部（现称为农业、土地改革和农村发展部 (DALRRD)）的立法指导。她补充说，这些规定通常规定了包装可以包含的信息。

“根据 DoH 监管的《食品、化妆品和消毒剂法》，公司不得提出任何具有误导性的声明。例如，这还包括您可以声称拥有高能量或低脂肪产品的情况，或者您可以声称该产品含有某些营养素的情况。”

Reimers 还强调了 DALRRD 的农产品标准法案，该法案涵盖了食品公司对其食品进行分级和描述的监管方面，包括食品包装和标签上使用的字体大小。

“如果一家公司不遵守这些法案，可以向这些部门中的任何一个部门投诉。当公司决定采用新包装时，他们有时会尝试预先获得 DALRRD 的批准，以避免法律挑战，”她指出。

虽然消费者和竞争对手也可以向广告监管委员会 (ARB) 报告误导性和/或不准确的声明，但 ARB 的调查结果对非会员没有约束力。然而，她指出，如果董事会发现声明具有误导性或不准确，它可以强制其成员不要发布包含此类声明的广告。

“通常情况下，公司在收到不利裁决后有三个月的时间来更改其包装。即使公司不是 ARB 的成员并且不受其裁决的约束，他们也必须考虑围绕不利裁决的负面宣传的影响。”

此外，Reimers 强调食品公司在包装和标签方面做出道德决策的重要性，这构成了其品牌标识的关键部分。这也是消费者可以保护自己的一种方式，因为他们确切地知道自己在消费什么。

The ethical requirements of food packaging and labelling also extends to aspects such as IP, of which four types – trade mark, design, patent and copyright – can be applicable in this regard. She stresses the importance of original packaging and labelling to avoid any legal challenges, mainly from competitors.

此外，如果要求包装行业对产品的整个生命周期负责，对环保产品的需求趋紧可能会成为包装行业的障碍，她说 *工程新闻*.

“这将在南非市场变得越来越困难，因为南非市场的增长已经很少。这是一个艰难的经济，没有多少资金可以投入，”雷默斯总结道。

这篇文章最初发表于 *工程新闻。*