Boost for food producers in the legal battle over inspection fees

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Published on 
20 July 2021

The Supreme Court of Appeal last week delivered judgment in a legal wrangle that saw the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – among others – taken to court over inspection fees for fresh produce


The process followed to determine these fees had been unfair, it found.

The high court previously dismissed an attempt to review and set aside the Product Control for Agriculture (Procon) fee determination process on the grounds that internal remedies had not been exhausted.

But on 14 July, the SCA ruled that this was an error.

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