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

409.No person shall sell a food to which a vitamin, mineral nutrient or an amino acid has been added, unless the food is listed in column 1 of the Twenty-first Schedule and the vitamin, mineral nutrient or amino acid, as the case may be, is listed opposite thereto in column 2 of the said Schedule 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 409 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

food 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries