Membership
Code of Conduct
Code of Conduct
- Commercial grain silo owners acknowledge the laws of the country and undertake to abide by them.
- Commercial grain silo owners endorse the free market principles and apply it as basis for the operating of commercial grain silos.
- Storage and handling services are rendered at economically viable tariffs and sound business principles.
- Products are graded according to the grading regulations of the Directorate Food Safety and Quality Assurance of the National Department of Agriculture, unless otherwise agreed.
- All products of users of grain silos that meet the requirements of the National Department of Health will be handled and stored in any quantity subject to practical arrangements.
- The quantity and quality of products (during storage) and the agreed arrangements are guaranteed.
- Market mechanisms that enhance the trading of products are supported and utilised.
- Silo certificates that can be traded are at the disposal of users of grain silos.
- Products specified on the silo certificate will be delivered on presentation of the original silo certificate to the holder thereof after payment of all relevant costs.
- Grain silo service tariffs are available at the start of a marketing period at head offices and at grain silos.