Non-Tariff Measure

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 

Products affected by the measure.

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

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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