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
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. Yes flour    
Description
Flour 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world 01 December 1972  
Inclusion Entire world 01 December 1972  
Description
All countries