Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

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

272.Lime juice or lime fruit juice shall be the fruit juice obtained from limes, may contain sugar, invert sugar or dextrose in a dry form and a Class II Preservative (see Part XIB of the Nineteenth Schedule), shall contain, exclusive of added sweetening agents,soluble solid contents of not less than 6.0 per centum as determined by the refractometerat 20ºC and read as degrees brix on the international sucrose scales, and the total titratable acidity of lime juice shall be not less than 4.5 per centum expressed as anhydrous citric acid. 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 272 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Lime juice or lime fruit juice 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries