Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A21: Tolerance limits for residues of or contamination by certain (non-microbiological) substances 

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

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

286.Whole wheat meal (whole wheat flour) shall be the food prepared by the grinding and bolting of cleaned, milling grades of wheat from which a part of the outer bran or epidermis layer may have been separated; shall contain the natural constituents of the wheat berry to the extent of not less than 95 per centum of the total weight of the wheat from which it is milled, have not less than 1.25 per centum and not more than 2.25 per centum of ash, calculated on a moisture free basis, and not more than 15.0 per centum of moisture and such a degree of fineness that not less than 90 per centum of it bolts freely through a 2,380 micron sieve, and less than 50 per centum of it through an 840 micron sieve, and may contain malted wheat flour, malted barley flour in an amount not exceeding 1.0 per per centum 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 286 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Whole wheat Meal 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries