Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A51: Cold/heat treatment
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: 310. Subject to the provision of regulation 311, no person shall sell a meat, meat by-product or any preparation thereof packed in a hermetically sealed container unless it has been heat processed, after or at the time of sealing, at a temperature and for a time sufficient to prevent the survival of any pathogenic micro-organism
Reference of the measure: Part II para 310
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
1602	Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood.	No

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

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