date:Jul 16, 2012
The regulation would begin in the next two months, ending the existing self-regulation by industry players, reportsTimesLive.
This follows a declaration by Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies in the Government Gazette, introducing the compulsory specification for live farmed abalone.
All live farmed abalone products offered for sale would have to comply with the requirements of the new compulsory specification (VC 9001).
The government banned abalone fishing in February 2008, but the new re