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

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

292.Maize flour shall be the product obtained by grinding and bolting cleaned milling grades of maize such that not less than 95 per centum of it passes through a wiremesh of 180 microns aperture, and shall have not more than 15.0 percentum of moisture,not more than 3.0 per centum of maize oil, not more than 1.0 per centum of crude fibre,not more than 1.0 per centum of total ash and not more than 0.2 per centum of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 292 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Maize flour 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries