Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B6: Product identity requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

01 December 1972 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Law of Zambia; Republic of Zambia 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Food and Drugs Act 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

268. Apple juice shall be the fruit juice obtained from apples, may contain a Class II Preservative (see Part XIB of the Nineteenth Schedule) and ascorbic acid, shall have not less than 10 per centum of soluble solids as determined by the refractometer at 20ºC and read as degrees brix on the international sucrose scales, and not exceeding 0.4 gram per kilogram of volatile acid expressed as acetic acid. 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 268 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Apple Juice 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries