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 

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

293.Maize rice 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 mesh of 2,380 microns and not more than 10 per centum of it passes through a mesh of 1,800 microns, and shall have not more than 15.0 per centum of moisture, not more than 1.5 percentum of maize oil, not more than 1.0 per centum of crude fibre, not more than 1.0 percentum of total ash, and not more than 0.2 per centum of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid; and the main panel of the label shall carry the words, "an entirely maize product". 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 293 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Maize rice 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries