Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance 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

52.Special dietary foods recommended for carbohydrate or sugar-reduced diets shall be foods that contain not more than 50 per centum of the glycogenic carbohydrates normally present in foods of the same class.
53.For the purposes of these Regulations, a food may, if it contains not more than 0.25 per centum of glycogenic carbohydrates, be described as sugarless, sugar-free, low in carbohydrates or by any other appropriate synonymous terms.
55.Special dietary foods recommended for calorie-reduced diets shall be foods that contain not more than 50 per centum of the total calories normally present in foods of the same class
56.For the purposes of these Regulations, a food may be described as low calorie or by any other appropriate synonymous term if it contains not more than-
(a)15 kilo calories per average serving; and
(b)30 kilo calories in a reasonable daily intake.
58.For the purposes of these Regulations, a food may be described as-
(a)"low sodium", or by any other appropriate synonymous term, if it is a food which has been processed without the addition of sodium salts; and the sodium content of the food is not more than one-half of that of the comparable normal product as consumed; and it is not more than 120 milligrams per 100 grams of the final product as normally consumed;
(b)"very low sodium" or by any other appropriate synonymous term, if it is a food which has been processed without the addition of sodium salts; and the sodium content of the food is not more than one-half of the comparable normal product as consumed; and is not more than 40 milligrams per 100grams of the final product as normally consumed. 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 52,53,55,56 & 58 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Specially dietary food 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries