Non-Tariff Barriers

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

406.Where a food for sale to which no mineral nutrient has been added is represented as being solely for use in the feeding of children under two years of age, a person may state on the label of the food the amount of any of the mineral nutrients referred to in this regulation and that are present in the food, if a reasonable daily intake of that food by a child under two years of age would result in the daily intake by the child of not less than-
(a)in the case of calcium, 150 milligrams;
(b)in the case of phosphorus, 150 milligrams;
(c)in the case of iron, 2 milligrams; and
(d)in the case of iodine, 0.05 milligram. 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 406 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

baby food 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries