Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A22: Restricted use of certain substances in foods and feeds and their contact materials 

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.

Description

food 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries