Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B21: Tolerance limits for residues of or contamination by certain 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
318.Meat loaf, meat roll, meat lunch or luncheon meat shall be the comminuted and cooked, or preserved meat, pressed in to shape and may contain a dried skim milk product obtained from skim milk by the reduction of its calcium content and a corresponding increase in its sodium content, in an amount not exceeding 3 per centum of the finished food, filler, meat binder, salt, sugar, dextrose, glucone delta lactone, glucose,spices, other seasonings, milk, eggs, a gelling agent and partially defatted beef fatty tissue or partially defatted pork fatty tissue; it shall contain not less than 65 per centum of meat. 
Reference of the measure
Part II para 318 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood. Yes Meat loaf, meat roll, meat lunch or luncheon meat    
Description
Meat loaf, meat roll, meat lunch or luncheon meat 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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