Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 
Date when the measure came into force
11 September 2015 
Publication where the measure is specified
Statutory Instrument 97 of 2015 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Medicines and Allied Substances Control (Complementary Medicines) Regulations, 2015 
Country/Region applying the measure
Zimbabwe 
The rationale of the measure
Not stated in the regulations 
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s. 
Description of the measure
11 (2) no person shall include any other substances specified in the seventhSchedule as an ingredient in any preparation or any in ay complementary medicine ; provided thatthis section shall not apply to homeopathic remedies 
Reference of the measure
Art 11(2) 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
2837.11.00 Of sodium No    
2837.19.00 Other No    
2837.20.00 Complex cyanides No    
2805.40.00 Mercury No    
2903.13.00 Chloroform (trichloromethane) No    
3204.12.00 Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon Yes tartrazine    
2607.00.00 Lead ores and concen No    
3204.19.00 Other, including mixtures of colouring matter of two or more of the subheadings 3204.11 to 3204.19 Yes Ponceaux    
Description
Arsenic
Calamus (Acorus calamus L)
Cardinium
Cyanide
Chloroform (in liquid oral complementary medicines or preparations)
Lead and lead salts
Mercury and its salts
Ponceaux Fx
Tartrazine (in complementary medicines included for oral use) 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
All countries