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 

The rationale of the measure

to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

277. (1) (Naming the fruit) jam shall be the product obtained by processing fruit,fruit pulp, or canned fruit, by boiling to a suitable consistency with water and a sweetening ingredient; shall contain not less than 40 per centum of the named fruit and 65 per centum of water soluble solids as estimated by the refractometer; and may contain such amount of added pectin, or acid ingredients, as reasonably compensates for any deficiency in the natural pectin content or acidity of the named fruit, a Class II Preservative (see Part XIB of the Nineteenth Schedule) and an antifoaming agent (see Part VIII of the Nineteenth Schedule).
(2) In this regulation, "fruit" includes ginger, rhubarb and marrow 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 277 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Fruit Jam 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries