New labelling laws to be gazetted

New regulations concerning the labelling of imported goods emanating from Jewish/Israeli settlement areas in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are due to be gazetted shortly. In terms of the new measures, such products will be identified as either “West Bank: Israeli Goods” or “East Jerusalem: Israeli Goods”. The South African Jewish Board of Deputies commented: “This fully complies with internationally recognised technical trade requirements pertaining to place of origin. Unlike earlier versions of the legislation, it does not make use of politically charged and biased language, but rather terms that are essentially neutral and descriptive.”