Non-Tariff Barriers

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: 332.In respect of regulations 284 to 299 and Part XIV of the Nineteenth Schedule, ammonium chloride, ammonium sulphate,calcium carbonate, calcium lactate, diammonium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate or any combination thereof shall be used in an amount not greater than 0.25 part by weight of all such additives for each 100 parts of flour.
Reference of the measure: Part II para 332
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication
1101.00.00	Wheat or meslin flour.	No
1102	Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin.	No
1105.10.00	- Flour, meal and powder	Yes	flour
1106	Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.	Yes	flour

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

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