Applied by Malawi on the entire world for 2710.19.11: Petroleum oils and oils obtainedfrom bituminous minerals, otherthan crude; preparations notelsewhere specified or included,containing by weight 70% ormore of petroleum oils or of oilsobtained from bituminousminerals, these oils being thebasic c, 2710.19.19: Petroleum oils and oils obtainedfrom bituminous minerals, otherthan crude; preparations notelsewhere specified or included,containing by weight 70% ormore of petroleum oils or of oilsobtained from bituminousminerals, these oils being thebasic c, 2710.19.29: Petroleum oils and oils obtainedfrom bituminous minerals, otherthan crude; preparations notelsewhere specified or included,containing by weight 70% ormore of petroleum oils or of oilsobtained from bituminousminerals, these oils being thebasic c and 3826.00.00: Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, notcontaining less than 70% by weightof petroleum oils or oils obtainedfrom bituminous minerals
"73. Prohibition against contaminants
Without prejudice to the generality of regulation 72, all diesel imported, sold or used in Malawi shall be clear and free from visible water, grit, suspended matter and any other contaminants which can cause damage to, or malfunctioning of the equipment designed to use this type of fuel."
Reference of the measure
Article 73
Measure also domestic
No
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
2710.19.11
Petroleum oils and oils obtainedfrom bituminous minerals, otherthan crude; preparations notelsewhere specified or included,containing by weight 70% ormore of petroleum oils or of oilsobtained from bituminousminerals, these oils being thebasic c
No
2710.19.19
Petroleum oils and oils obtainedfrom bituminous minerals, otherthan crude; preparations notelsewhere specified or included,containing by weight 70% ormore of petroleum oils or of oilsobtained from bituminousminerals, these oils being thebasic c
No
2710.19.29
Petroleum oils and oils obtainedfrom bituminous minerals, otherthan crude; preparations notelsewhere specified or included,containing by weight 70% ormore of petroleum oils or of oilsobtained from bituminousminerals, these oils being thebasic c
No
3826.00.00
Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, notcontaining less than 70% by weightof petroleum oils or oils obtainedfrom bituminous minerals
A: Protection of human life and health, B: Protection of life and health of animals, C: Protection of life and health of plants and E: Protection of the environment
Description of the measure
3 (3) No product shall be imported, sold or distributed as fertilizer if such product is contaminated with heavy metal or other substance that would be harmful to the soil, or the environment, or to public health.
Applied by Malawi on the entire world for 3303.00.00: Perfumes and toilet waters, 3304.10.00: Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Lip make-up preparations, 3304.20.00: Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Eye make-up preparations, 3304.30.00: Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Manicure or pedicure preparations, 3304.30.00: Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Manicure or pedicure preparations, 3304.91.10: Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Baby Powders, whether or notcompressed, 3304.91.90: Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Other, 3304.99.10: Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Other: Petroleum Jelly, being skinpreparation, 3304.99.20: Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Other: Lotion, 3304.99.30: Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Other: Glycerine and 3304.99.90: Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Other: Other
"3. Prohibition of imports of cosmetics
No person shall import into Malawi or sell or offer for sale or distribute or otherwise deal in—
(a) any cosmetic with a level of hydroquinone above 2 per cent mass to mass;"
Reference of the measure
Paragraph 3
Measure also domestic
No
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
3303.00.00
Perfumes and toilet waters
No
3304.10.00
Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Lip make-up preparations
No
3304.20.00
Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Eye make-up preparations
No
3304.30.00
Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Manicure or pedicure preparations
No
3304.30.00
Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Manicure or pedicure preparations
No
3304.91.10
Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Baby Powders, whether or notcompressed
No
3304.91.90
Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Other
No
3304.99.10
Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Other: Petroleum Jelly, being skinpreparation
No
3304.99.20
Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Other: Lotion
No
3304.99.30
Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Other: Glycerine
No
3304.99.90
Beauty or make-up preparationsand preparations for the care ofthe skin (other than medicaments),including sunscreen or sun tanpreparations; manicure or pedicurepreparations: Other: Other: Other
No
Description
Cosmetcis - "any skin care or skin lightening preparation and any complexion creams"
This Uganda Standard specifies maximum acceptable levels and methods of sampling and extraction prior to analysis for the migration of the elements antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and selenium from toy materials and from parts of toys.
This Uganda Standard specifies quality requirements, contaminants, hygiene, packaging, labelling, methods of sampling and test for breakfast cereals intended for human consumption.
2. Restrictions
(1) For the purpose of section 2(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, no agricultural product shall, subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), contain -
(a) seeds of Crotolaria species, Datura species or Ricinis communis in a measure greater than one seed per 1 000g; and
(b) seeds of Argemone mexicana L., Convolvulus species, Ipomoea purpurea Roth., Lolium temulentum and Xanthium species in a measure greater than seven seeds per 1 000g;of that agricultural product.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), where an agricultural product is to undergo sifting or any other process in order to reduce the number of poisonous seeds of any plant species before the sale thereof as a foodstuff for human consumption, these regulations shall only apply after such sifting or other process has taken place
Applied by South Africa on the entire world for 3808: Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi
Permissible deviations in active ingredient contents
19. Despite anything to the contrary contained in these regulations, a stock remedy shall not be deemed to deviate in its registered active ingredient contents if a certificate referred to in regulation in relation to the analysis of a sample of such a stock remedy indicates that the active ingredient concentration is within of the registered label claim, when the product is within its shelf life, and stored as instructed.
Reference of the measure
Part V section 19
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
3808
Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi
126.Allspice or pimento, whole or ground, shall be the whole berry Pimento dioica L., Merrill and shall contain not more than 27.5 per centum of crude fibre, 4.5 per centum of total ash, and 0.4 per centum of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid
129.Mace, whole or ground, shall be the dried arillus of Myristica fragrans Houttyn, and shall contain not more than 7.0 per centum of crude fibre, 3.0 per centum of total ash, and 0.5 per centum of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, 5.0 per centum of non-volatile ethyl ether extract obtained after extraction of mace using petroleum ether and 33 per centum of the sum of the non-volatile extracts using petroleum ether and ethyl ether.
Applied by Zambia on the entire world and the entire world for 1101.00.00: Wheat or meslin flour., 1102: Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin., 1105.10.00: - Flour, meal and powder and 1106: Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
285.Enriched flour shall be the flour to which has been added thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid and iron in a harmless carrier and in such amounts that one kilogram of enriched flour shall contain not less than 4.5 milligrams and not more than 5.5 milligrams of thiamine, not less than 2.7 milligrams and not more than 3.3 milligrams of riboflavin, not less than 35.5 milligrams and not more than 44.4 milligrams of nicotinic acid or niacin amide, not less than 28.9 milligrams and not more than 36.7 milligrams of iron, and may contain calcium carbonate in an amount that will provide in one kilogram of enriched flour not less than 1,111 milligrams and not more than 1,444 milligrams of calcium.
Reference of the measure
Part II para 285
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
1101.00.00
Wheat or meslin flour.
Yes
Enriched flour
1102
Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin.
Yes
Enriched flour
1105.10.00
- Flour, meal and powder
Yes
Enriched flour
1106
Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
Applied by Zambia on the entire world and the entire world for 1101.00.00: Wheat or meslin flour., 1102: Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin., 1105.10.00: - Flour, meal and powder and 1106: Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
284.Flour shall be the food prepared by the grinding of cleaned milling grades of wheat, and bolting through cloth having openings not larger than those of woven nylon or wire cloth having an aperture of 180 microns, and free from bran coat and germ to such an extent that it does not exceed 1.20 per centum of ash, calculated on a moisture-free basis. It shall have not more than 15.0 per centum of moisture, and may contain malted wheat flour, malted barley flour in an amount not exceeding 1.0 per centum of the weight of the flour, and food additives the use and limits of which shall conform to those specified in regulations 325 to 334.
Reference of the measure
Part II para 284
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
1101.00.00
Wheat or meslin flour.
No
1102
Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin.
No
1105.10.00
- Flour, meal and powder
Yes
flour
1106
Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
3.(1) Soap in the form of bars, tablets, flakes or chips for household, laundry or toilet purposes shall contain not less than forty-five per centum of fatty acids, of which not more than one-third may be replaced by resin acids; shall not contain more than one-quarter of one per centum of free caustic alkali (calculated for this purpose as sodium hydroxide); and shall be free from any harmful ingredients.
(2) Liquid soap shall contain not less than fifteen per centum of fatty acids, of which not more than one-quarter may be replaced by resin acids; shall contain not more than one-twentieth of one per centum of free caustic alkali (calculated for this purpose as sodium hydroxide); and shall be free from any harmful ingredients.
(4) The words "pure", "purest", "best", "superior", "finest", "first grade", "first quality", "No. 1 quality", "A.1 quality", "highest grade", "highest quality", or any other words indicating or suggesting special grade or quality, shall not be printed or marked on, or on the container or wrapper of, any soap which contains less than sixty-two per centum of fatty acids, of which not more than one-quarter may be replaced by resin acids, or more than one-tenth of one per centum of free caustic alkali (calculated for this purpose as sodium hydroxide):(3) Soft soap shall contain not less
than thirty-five per centum of fatty acids, of which not more than one-third may be replaced by resin acids; and shall contain not more than three-quarters of one per centum of free caustic alkali (calculated for this purpose as sodium hydroxide).
Provided that where soap contains naphtha or carbolic acid or both these substances, the limit of sixty-two per centum for fatty acids specified in this sub-paragraph may be reduced to sixty per centum.
Reference of the measure
Ministerial Order NO. 3 (1, 2, 3, 4)
Measure also domestic
No
Products affected by the measure.
Description
Soap in the form of bars, tablets, flakes or chips for household, laundry or toilet purposes
Liquid soap
Soap
Applied by Zambia on the entire world and the entire world for 1601.00.00: Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products.
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
315.Sausage or sausage meat shall be the fresh or preserved comminuted meat to which has been added salt, a Class I Preservative (see Part XIA of the Nineteenth Schedule), and spices (see regulations 325 to 334); may be enclosed in a casing, dipped in vinegar, smoked or cooked; and may contain animal fat, filler, beef tripe, liver, fresh blood from meat cattle, sugar, dextrose or glucose, other seasonings, harmless Lacto bacilli cultures, lactic acid starter culture, Pediococcus cerevisiae, meat binder,blood plasma or, in the case of preserved comminuted meat, smoke flavouring or artificial smoke flavouring, in which case the main panel of the label shall carry, immediately preceding or following the common name, the statement, "Smoke Flavouring Added" or,"Artificial Smoke Flavouring Added", as the case may be; or, if cooked, glucona deltalactone, partially defatted beef fatty tissue, and a dried skim milk product, obtained fromskim milk by the reduction of its calcium content and a corresponding increase in its sodium content, in an amount not exceeding 3 per centum of the finished food or, in the case of a dry sausage or dry sausage meat, glucone delta lactone; and shall contain not less than 65 per centum of meat and, in a case of a product sold as fresh sausage, not more than 40 per centum of fat as determined by the prescribed method.
Reference of the measure
Part II para 315
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
1601.00.00
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products.
to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
318.Meat loaf, meat roll, meat lunch or luncheon meat shall be the comminuted and cooked, or preserved meat, pressed in to shape and may contain a dried skim milk product obtained from skim milk by the reduction of its calcium content and a corresponding increase in its sodium content, in an amount not exceeding 3 per centum of the finished food, filler, meat binder, salt, sugar, dextrose, glucone delta lactone, glucose,spices, other seasonings, milk, eggs, a gelling agent and partially defatted beef fatty tissue or partially defatted pork fatty tissue; it shall contain not less than 65 per centum of meat.
Reference of the measure
Part II para 318
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
1602
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood.
43. The calculated level of an imported or exported controlled substance or ozone depleting substance shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:
I x ODP, where—
(a) I is the quantity imported or exported during that period; and
(b) ODP is the ozone depleting potential for the controlled substances set out in the third column of the Fourteenth Schedule.
Reference of the measure
PART VI : Regulation 43
FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE :Determination Of ODP Calculated Levels
Applied by Zambia on the entire world for 0402: Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. and 0403: Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.
i) Evaporated Milk (Unsweetened condensed milk) shall be liquid product obtained by the partial removal of water only from milk, shall have not less than 75 per centum of milk and shall not have less than 17.5 per centum of milk solids-not-fat and may contain permitted stabilizers (see part IV of the nineteenth schedule.
ii) When milk other than cow's milk is used for the manufacture of the product or pay part of thereof, it shall be designated along such origin, for example "evaporated goat milk" or " evaporated goat milk" or " evaporated goat and cow milk" depending upon the proportion of the milk and the one in larger proportion being indicated first
Reference of the measure
Part II para 161
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
0402
Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
Yes
Evaporated Milk (unsweetened condensed milk)
0403
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.
43. The calculated level of an imported or exported controlled substance or ozone depleting substance shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:
I x ODP, where—
(a) I is the quantity imported or exported during that period; and
(b) ODP is the ozone depleting potential for the controlled substances set out in the third column of the Fourteenth Schedule.
Applied by Kenya on the entire world for 3401: Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or c, 3402: Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 34.01. and 3808: Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi
20. Adulteration of chemical substances
Any person who sells any chemical substance that—
(a) is adulterated; or
(b) consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, disgusting, rotten, decomposed or diseased substance or foreign matter,
shall be guilty of an offence.
Reference of the measure
Part II para 20
Measure also domestic
Yes
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
3401
Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or c
Yes
germicide, antiseptic, disinfectant, detergent
3402
Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 34.01.
Yes
germicide, antiseptic, disinfectant, detergent
3808
Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi
Yes
pesticide, vermicide
Description
Chemical substances (germicide, antiseptic, disinfectant, pesticide, vermicide, detergent and similar products)
38. Sale of adulterated alcoholic drinks
(1) No person shall keep for sale, offer for sale or sell—
(a) any alcoholic drink which has been in any way adulterated, or diluted by any person;
(b) any non-alcoholic drink which has been in any way adulterated with alcohol, or which contains any of the substances prohibited by the Minister under section 68.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten million Kenya shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or to both.
16. Use of poly-vinyl chloride packages
No person shall import, manufacture or advertise for sale or sell or use of cause to be used in the preparation, packaging, storage, delivery or exposure of food for sale, any package, contact material or container made of poly-vinyl chloride which contains more than 1 mg/kg of vinyl chloride monomer.
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