Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A31: Labelling 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: 395.No person shall sell a food to which a vitamin has been added unless the amount of the vitamin present in the food is expressed on the label of the food-
(a) in the case of vitamin A, vitamin D or vitamin E, in International Units per one hundred grams or millilitres of the food; and
(b) in the case of vitamin B1, vitamin B2, nicotinic acid, vitamin B6,d-pantothenic acid, folic acid,biotin, vitamin B12,vitamin C or vitamin K1, in milligrams per one hundred grams or millilitres of the food; together with the name of the vitamin
Reference of the measure: part II para 395
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 7	Food products	No		01 December 1972

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

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